"farmers"

Earlier, the government had been purchasing only 5.16 quintal per acre irrespective of the gross output.

Speaking to reporters after releasing a book on the funds given to Medak Lok Sabha constituency by the Narendra Modi government on Tuesday, Rao said the Congress government was not going to fulfil any of the promises made to the people of the State.

He told them to take steps to speed up the process and to avoid inconvenience to the farmers. He wanted them to provide basic amenities like drinking water, shade, electronic weighing machine, gunny bags and tarpaulins.

They also urged Revanth Reddy to implement the Rs 2 lakh loan waiver and Rs.15,000 Rythu Bharosa promises with immediate effect.

This is in the wake of an assurance from local authorities to withdraw the cases on the condition that such instances were not repeated.

He urged the public not to harm the tiger and to avoid sudden confrontation with it. The people in Ankusapur, Narapur and Gondi villages are on the edge following the movement of the tiger.

A victory for BRS Medak candidate P Venkatrami Reddy in the Lok Sabha election would expose the failures of the Congress during the last four months apart from boosting the BRS morale to raise the issues of the public, he said.

Addressing media persons, Congress Kisan Cell national vice president M Kodanda Reddy slammed the BJP and BRS for making irresponsible comments over drought in the State.

The two standing crops being raised in Talamadugu, Thamsi, Bheempur, Gudihathnoor, Boath, Bazarhathnoor, Gadiguda and Narnoor mandals were affected by the untimely rains and wind.

They staged a protest demonstration on Wednesday demanding the intervention of officials, forcing additional collector Rohit Singh to rush to the marketyard.

Agricultural officials are facing difficulties to maintain the Rythu Vedikas since maintenance charges have not been released during the last 19 months.

Given the poor yield, how can I pay the lease amount to the land owner, who is demanding payment of the lease before harvesting the crops?” asks Shankar.

He explained the plight of farmers who have harvested sunflower across 20,829 acres in erstwhile Medak and Nizamabad districts.

Addressing a press conference on Monday, Reddy said the farmers in the State were suffering due to the inefficiency of the State government.

The pachyderm was suspected to have reached Kammargaon by crossing Lodpalli Yellur, Mereguda, Kothaguda, Agarguda villages at night, covering a distance of at least 20 kilometers.

He will inspect the crops withered due to lack of adequate water supply as part of his tour to examine the drought conditions prevailing in the State.

He said that the government would buy the crop grown by the farmers through IKPs. There is no drought anywhere in the state, he complained that the drought was created by the BRS party.

The BRS president commenced his tour from the Erravelli farmhouse and reached Darawath thanda in Palakurthy constituency on Sunday. He interacted with farmers, who mostly cultivated paddy crops.

They staged a dharna and rasta roko on the Vemulawada-Korutla road, forcing vehicular traffic to come to a standstill for a while.

Instead of waiving loans, the government through bankers was mounting pressure on farmers by issuing legal notices to clear farm loans.