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Farmers staged a protest at the PACS sub-centre in Karimpet, Karimnagar, on Tuesday demanding urea distribution. With many unable to procure fertiliser earlier, elderly farmers sought priority. Police intervened and ensured distribution continued under supervision.

Farmers in Warangal staged a protest demanding higher compensation for lands being acquired for the Mamnoor airport expansion. Alleging that the government’s offer was far below market value, they insisted on yard-based compensation and warned they would not part with land otherwise

BRS leader and former MLA Sunke Ravishankar criticised the Telangana government for its failure to provide adequate urea to farmers in Karimnagar. During a visit to Kurikyala in Gangadhara Mandal, he observed long queues of farmers struggling to get fertiliser.

Farmers from Ainam village in Kumram Bheem Asifabad held a sit-in protest outside the divisional engineer’s office of the NPDCL in Kagaznagar, demanding an uninterrupted power supply crucial for their paddy crops.

Farmers in Rudrangi mandal, including women, were forced to wait until late night for urea supplies at the Rythu Seva Kendram. They alleged repeated delays over the past month and criticised the Congress government’s handling of fertiliser distribution.

Farmers in Ganneruvaram, Karimnagar protested at a fertiliser shop, alleging that urea was withheld despite adequate stock. They accused officials of forcing them to buy liquid fertilisers and diverting urea to the black market

Farmers in Kathalapur mandal staged a maha-dharna demanding the release of Godavari water into the flood flow canal via Kaleshwaram reverse pumping. With monsoon rains delayed, they urged the government to address the irrigation crisis. BRS leaders supported them

Farmers in Narayanpet staged protests with their families, demanding fair compensation for land being acquired for the Narayanpet-Kodangal lift irrigation project. They are seeking implementation of the Land Acquisition Act, proper valuation, and a government job per affected family.

The arrested have been remanded and five others have been issued notices, Rajoli Sub-Inspector Jagadeeshwar said in a video statement

Stage protest in Sirgapur village; say wet paddy grains are being rejected at government-run procurement centres, leaving them to suffer heavy losses

Farmers allege that officials are refusing to purchase their wet paddy

The disgruntled farmers found fault with Bojju for failing to take steps to procure paddy grains at the centres

As G Satish was gearing up to sell the stocks, the farmer suddenly collapsed on the heaps of paddy. Locals said he died due to sun stroke

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

Complain that large quantities of paddy are deducted in the pretext of wastage while weighing the produce at procurement centres

Complain that rice mill owners are refusing to procure their stocks citing orders from officials

They raised slogans against the collector and other officials for not taking initiatives to speed up the procurement process

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

Holding placards, the farmers raised slogans and charged that since last a few days there was disruption in power supply

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