"khammam-farmers"

Thinking innovatively, the farmers have written the words ‘Happy Birthday KCR’ using dry chillies on a kallam

Chilli crop in a large extent of area in the district has been affected by ‘nalla tamara’ (black thrips). According to horticulture officials and scientists, the pest infestation would result in loss in yield due to curling of leaves, flowers falling off and malformed/stunted fruits or premature fruit drop

A large extent of agricultural lands on the banks of Munneru, Akeru and Palair streams in the district have been damaged due to huge quantities of sand deposited in the fields

There are around 2.20 lakh acres of land under the NSP left canal in the district.

Despite objections and several petitions to the municipal authorities the problem was not addressed, say protesting farmers