Ready-to-harvest sugarcane crop on 40 acres reduced to ashes in Sangareddy

Villagers urge government to extend support to farmers who reportedly lost crops worth Rs 1 crore in the fire mishap

Sangareddy: A major fire gutted sugarcane crop in about 40 acres at Ippapally village in Mogudampally mandal on Tuesday afternoon.

The ready-to-harvest sugarcane crops were reduced to ashes in the fields of farmers Pentappa, Subhash, Jaipal, MD Jabbar, Shafi, Jameer, Ameer and Ashok Reddy. These farmers reportedly lost crops worth Rs 1 crore in the fire accident. Though the farmers attempted to control the fire by pouring water initially, it spread to other parts and they finally gave up.

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They watched helplessly as months of their work was reduced to ashes within no time. There was nothing left by the time a fire tender reached the place. The villagers urged the State government to extend support to the farmers whose crops were damaged in the fire accident.