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Heavy rains in Adilabad district recently affected standing crops, including cotton, red gram, soya, and maize, across 1,961 acres. A preliminary assessment revealed damage to crops in the mandals of Jainath, Bela, Boath, Thamsi, Bheempur, Gadiguda, and Utnoor.

Nearly 100 farmers from the village arrived at the Collectorate carrying their bank passbook, pattadar passbook and other documents

Though the State government appointed a three-member Cabinet sub-committee to look into the issues and submit its report, none is aware of its fate.

Farmers gathered in front of the State Bank of India on Thursday, raising slogans against the government and demanding unconditional crop loan waivers. Contrary to government claims, the farmers reported that many in the mandal have yet to see their loans waived.

Leaders were arrested and taken to local police stations while preparing to participate in the Chalo Praja Bhavan program across Adilabad, Kumram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, and Nirmal district centers. They were taken from their homes early in the morning and transported to the police stations.

The protest, which sought an unconditional loan waiver, gained momentum following a viral social media post by a young farmer urging collective action from farmers across villages, mandals, and districts. Farmers' unions rallied support, calling on various social groups to join their cause amid growing concerns over rising farmer suicides due to loan pressures.

Their cheating was exposed when a farmer, Boddu Shekhar from Karnamamidi in Dandepalli lodged a complaint with police.

BRS Working President K.T. Rama Rao criticized the Congress government on social media for not delivering on its promise to provide Rs 15,000 per acre as Rythu Bharosa to Telangana farmers. With just 17 days remaining in the Kharif season, he questioned the government's commitment to the farmers.

Though adequate water was not available in irrigation projects in the beginning of the present Vanakalam season, a majority of the farmers sowed paddy anticipating good water supply.

In a statement, Rama Rao highlighted the tragic case of farmer Surender Reddy from Medchal, who took his own life after being unable to secure a loan waiver despite repeated visits to banks and government offices.

Farmers were trapped in the flooding stream when they reached half of the swollen stream following the discharge of surplus water from Sathnala project which received copious inflows due to heavy rains in upstream areas.

The new requirement for farmers to provide self-declarations has sparked outrage. He called the process demeaning and referred to it as a "Self-Declaration Drama," suggesting it was a tactic to avoid fulfilling loan waiver promises.

Tension arose during a protest in front of the Dudyala MRO office when Turpu Rajamma, a woman farmer from Polepally village, threatened to take her life if her land was taken away. Holding a bottle of pesticide, she declared, "I will die, but I will not give up my land."

Several opined that it was not fair for Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to cheat farmers

At Kodangal, the Chief Minister’s constituency, the number of farmers who lost out on the waiver far outnumbers those who got it.

The protesting farmers claimed that most of them, despite being eligible, have not received their loan waiver amounts. In response, bank officials had to lock the entrance to prevent the farmers from entering the bank.

Raised slogans against the Congress government and demand it to waive their loans at the earliest

Highlights severe challenges faced by farmers, warns that decrease in cultivated area dangerous sign for survival of ryots

Former MLA Peddi Sudarshan Reddy said the grievance cell at Telangana Bhavan was receiving nearly 900 calls every hour, reflecting the widespread issues faced by farmers

Farmers from different mandals in Alampur constituency are appealing to the government to waive off their crop loans secured from banks in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh