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As Yasangi season begins, farmers across Telangana protest urea shortage and the Congress government’s app-based distribution system. Technical glitches, delays and complex procedures have triggered demonstrations from Adilabad to Nalgonda, with farmers demanding restoration of direct fertiliser supply

Singur dam repair works in Sangareddy will halt irrigation for 40,000 acres under Singur canals and 25,000 acres under Ghanpur anicut in Medak. Farmers may switch to alternative crops, while protests are expected over potential losses during the Yasangi season

Farmers across Warangal district are once again facing a shortage of urea for Yasangi crops, forcing them to wait in long queues in freezing cold. At Mahabubabad PACS, farmers staged a road protest after officials failed to supply fertiliser.

Former Minister T Harish Rao held a review meeting with irrigation officials in Siddipet, urging them to expedite the Irkode and Chandlapur lift irrigation projects and complete pending distributary canals under the Kaleshwaram project. He stressed the need for desilting canals to ensure water reaches tail-end fields.

The Vigilance and Enforcement department’s RC Puram Unit uncovered major shortages of Custom Milled Rice paddy stocks during surprise inspections in Sangareddy. At Samrat Food Industries in Sirgapur mandal, officials found 40,835 quintals of paddy worth Rs 9.47 crore missing.

Paddy farmers in the erstwhile Karimnagar district are still awaiting a Rs 62.6 crore bonus for the Yasangi season, even as the Vanakalam harvest begins. Despite high demand for fine variety rice, the delay in bonus payments has left farmers uncertain about future government support.

Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy stated that Telangana had produced the highest quantity of paddy in the Yasangi season, with the Centre recognizing Telangana as the highest paddy-producing state in the country

Former Ministers and senior BRS leaders T. Harish Rao and S. Niranjan Reddy lashed out at the Congress government in Telangana for betraying the farmers of Telangana

Agriculture officials, who declared crop loss on 9,150 acres in Siddipet on April 10, reduced the figure to 4,686 acres

Around 300 farmers blocked the traffic demanding the government to provide water to their crops

Women groups will soon be operating at least 50 per cent of the paddy procurement centres in the State this Yasangi season, If everything go as per plan

The seeds, known for their rich fibre content, need little management as they attract no pests at all, say farmers

Bhatti Vikramarka reiterates government's commitment in fulfilling its pre-election promise of providing input subsidy to farmers

With the extension of the deadline that came into effect on Thursday, the state can deliver custom milled rice to the FCI till January 25, 2025.

The government allotted 1.42 lakh metric tonnes of paddy belonging to 2023-24 Yasangi season to the millers, setting a target of handing over 95,942 metric tonnes in Nirmal district. The millers delivered 81,099 metric tonnes of rice so far. The millers are yet to deliver custom milled rice (CMR) 14,843 metric tonnes, showing a deficit of 15 percent.

The inflows into common irrigation projects of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana remained almost dismal last year and there was no let up in the situation so far this year.

The procurement commenced on April 1 and would end by June 10,” Additional Collector (Revenue) Sabawath Motilal told ‘Telangana Today.’

The government added about 8.17 lakh new agriculture connections after the formation of Telangana.

The average groundwater level of the district plummeted to 10.19 metres in March this year as against 8.94 metres in March 2023 reflecting a decline by 1.25 metres.

Standing crops, especially paddy, have withered in a big way in villages.