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Light to moderate rainfall was recorded in several parts of Kumram Bheem Asifabad and Mancherial districts, disrupting life temporarily. Farmers welcomed the rains, saying it would aid in germination of paddy, cotton and jowar crops sown recently.

BRS leader K.T. Rama Rao lashed out at the Congress government for allegedly destroying homes and tribal livelihoods in the name of development. He urged public resistance against forced demolitions, land takeovers, and forest evictions in Telangana’s rural and urban areas.

Telangana farmers are protesting against power outages that are causing significant crop losses in the region. The farmers demand a resolution to the power supply issues to prevent further agricultural damages.

The Telangana Farmers Commission condemned Jogulamba Gadwal police for handcuffing 12 farmers who protested against an ethanol plant. Despite officer suspensions, Chairman M Kodanda Reddy expressed dissatisfaction, terming the act unjust and a blow to peaceful democratic protest.

Highlights need to promote cultivation of commercial crops extensively across Telangana; calls for transformative change in crop pattern

Congress government which borrowed Rs 3,000 crore from HUDCO for the RRR project, prioritised payments to big contractors over affected farmers, says BRS

Subsidies available for drip irrigation, sprinklers, oil palm cultivation, pandal systems, bamboo cultivation among others, says District Horticulture Officer

Women farmers participated, holding pesticide bottles, highlighting their desperation and financial distress. They urged authorities to take swift action to prevent further losses.

Farmers in Makthal and neighbouring areas are up in arms against the State government’s plans to acquire their lands for the Narayanpet-Kodangal Lift Irrigation scheme

On Friday, farmers from Katrapally village under Makthal mandal opposed the Revenue department officials from conducting surveys of their lands. They raised slogans against the Congress government and demanded the officials to withdraw their plans.

The district records an average rainfall of 11 mm; Basar mandal receives the highest rainfall of 24.8 mm

A fight between two bulls led to the death of five cattle by electrocution at Suraram village of Julurpad mandal in the district on Saturday

Two farmers were assaulted when they prevented some unidentified persons from stealing sorghum grains stored at an agriculture market yard here on Wednesday night

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

The Rythu Bharosa scheme, unveiled with great enthusiasm on January 26, pledged ₹6,000 per acre to all farmers in a phased rollout. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy had personally assured that the investment support would be fully disbursed by March 31. However, the distribution has been progressing slowly.

Farmers in Rustumpet, Sitharampur, Moosapet, Chinthakunta, and Narsapur villages have suffered heavy losses from rains and hailstorms damaging paddy crops

In the hope that the government would release water, farmers went ahead and cultivated crops on lands under the project. Despite their best efforts—transporting water in tanks, digging open wells, and drilling new borewells—only a few managed to save their crops.

Terms Korukanti Chander’s padayatra for Godavari water a commendable effort to open the eyes of the government

The government plans to increase paddy area and food grain production in 29 non-Cauvery Delta districts

The water was seen flowing over a check dam at Ghanpur in Nanganur mandal where the farmers welcomed the sight holding banners of former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and Harish Rao. They hailed the two leaders for getting Godavari water to their agriculture fields