Farmers throng cooperative outlets in Adilabad for scarce urea supplies
Farmers in erstwhile Adilabad queued at PACS, DCMS, Agro Centres and HACA outlets to buy urea, with police deployed to control crowds. Shortages forced farmers to wait for hours, leading to anger and criticism of the government
Adilabad: Farmers continued to throng Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS), District Cooperative Marketing Societies (DCMS), Agro Centres and Hyderabad Agriculture Cooperative Association (HACA) outlets across the erstwhile Adilabad district on Saturday to purchase urea.
Long queues were seen at societies and centres in Penchikalpet, Rebbena, Tiryani, Sirpur (T), Koutala, Dahegaon, Chintalamanepalli and Kagaznagar mandals, where police were deployed to regulate crowds and prevent stampedes. Farmers managed to secure limited supplies under police supervision.
In Khanapur and Bhainsa of Nirmal district, farmers were forced to wait for hours to procure fertiliser, while large gatherings were reported at the cooperative society in Nandulapalli village of Nennal mandal in Mancherial district. Farmers expressed anger over the continued shortage and criticised the government for failing to resolve the crisis.
