Amid a continued shortage of urea in Jagtial district, farmers in villages under the Siripur Agricultural Cooperative Society adopted unusual tactics to hold their spots in queues. Using objects like brooms, old clothes, and tree branches, they lined up before dawn after hearing that 320 bags of urea had arrived.
The farmers had decided to submit all the applications to the district administration during Prajavani. However, police took Nagaraju into preventive custody and shifted him to the police station
Some farmers are buying drones individually, while others are forming groups to collectively purchase them in certain areas. In Jagtial, six Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS) have each purchased large drones at a cost of Rs. 15 lakh per drone.