Raising slogans against the government, the farmers squatted on the road. There was an inordinate delay in paddy procurement by the officials and also in transportation of stocks to the rice mills, the farmers charged
Farmers from Mulamalla, Nandimalla Guntipally, Motampally, Arepally, Kattepally, Thumpally and other villages reached at the Jurala project and blocked the road. Tension prevailed at the project after police reached the spot
They demanded State and Central governments to provide Rs 15,000 MSPs to turmeric under market intervention scheme (MIS) and purchase crop directly from farmers by establishing procurement centers
Enmeshed in web of severe financial distress, farmers — especially those growing groundnut, chilli and red gram crops — are organising widespread demonstrations
The incident occurred in Kalwakurthy on January 27. Like their counterparts in Achampet, farmers were staging a protest demanding remunerative price for groundnut