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Facing a severe urea shortage, farmers in Karimnagar are queuing overnight at fertiliser shops and increasingly turning to nano urea as an alternative. With drones essential for its application, demand for drone services has surged, prompting support from PACSs and private operators.

A fertiliser distribution drive turned chaotic in Khammam district as farmers thronged PACS centres in search of urea. At Karepalli, an agriculture officer fainted after being mobbed by the crowd. Despite early arrival and long queues, many farmers were denied urea due to a token-based system favouring prior recipients.

BRS leaders staged a protest in Kuravi Mandal, Mahabubabad, on Sunday, expressing solidarity with farmers facing a severe urea shortage. Former Minister Satyavati Rathod joined farmers in queues and criticised the Congress government for failing to ensure fertiliser availability.

Former Minister Satyavathi Rathod has demanded immediate support from the Congress-led government for the families of two farmers who died in a road accident while travelling to collect urea in Mahabubabad district. The incident sparked protests at the local hospital, with Rathod joining grieving families.

Farmers in erstwhile Adilabad queued at PACS, DCMS, Agro Centres and HACA outlets to buy urea, with police deployed to control crowds. Shortages forced farmers to wait for hours, leading to anger and criticism of the government

Farmers in Wyra mandal of Khammam district staged protests over delayed urea supply, despite submitting required documents a month ago. With only 445 bags available, many were left waiting, prompting demonstrations at the PACS warehouse and tahsildar office. Agriculture officials have assured distribution within two days.

Farmers in Telangana, particularly in Suryapet and Narayanpet, face severe urea shortages, queuing overnight at PACS centers. Despite government assurances and token-based distribution, long waits, black-market sales, and technical glitches continue, threatening a 10–15 per cent drop in Kharif crop yields

Protests over urea shortage intensified in Mahabubabad and Khammam districts, with farmers resorting to stone-pelting, raiding warehouses, and clashing with police. In Mahabubabad, angry farmers targeted a fertilizer outlet.

A severe urea shortage has triggered widespread protests across Telangana, with farmers blocking roads, staging demonstrations, and expressing despair over government inaction. From Narayanpet to Kamareddy, incidents range from a woman collapsing in a fertilizer queue to farmers burning symbolic fires in protest.

Farmers in Telangana are enduring long waits and staging protests outside PACS offices due to a continuing shortage of urea. In districts like Kothagudem and Mahabubabad, farmers are struggling to secure the fertiliser, with some having waited over 20 days since sowing. Protests and dharnas have been staged as both the State and Central governments are blamed for the issue.

A cotton farmer in Warangal, distressed by the unavailability of urea, was forced to uproot his crop in protest, triggering outrage on social media. The issue echoed in Khammam, where Rythu Sangam activists protested the fertiliser shortage.

Widespread protests broke out in Telangana over a severe urea shortage, with farmers staging dharnas in Kothagudem, Mahabubabad, Mulugu, and Warangal districts. Tempers flared in Yellandu as MLA Koram Kanakaiah clashed with farmers who accused officials of mismanagement and hoarding.

Union Minister G Kishan Reddy accused the Congress government of failing farmers by allowing urea to be sold in the black market for Rs.400, despite Central subsidies keeping the official price at Rs.266. He alleged stock diversion and sought accountability

Under the scheme, drones worth Rs.10 lakh will be supplied to the groups, which will have to pay Rs.2 lakh with the remaining Rs.8 lakh to be borne by the NRLM

Majority of ryots leaving primary agricultural cooperatives societies without urea as adequate stock not supplied

The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) has provided a drone worth Rs 12 lakh as well as a battery autorickshaw worth Rs.2 lakh. PACS employee Narsaiah was also given training in the operation of drones by IFFCO.

A majority of the farmers had membership in PACS across the erstwhile Karimnagar district and took loans.

Only 80 farmers were covered by the initiative as against the total 448 farmers from another PACS at Chennur, while 40 farmers benefited from the scheme out of a total of 396 farmers of a PACS in Bheemini mandal centre.

The conditions have already triggered apprehensions that several farmers could lose out on the waiver, for which they were waiting desperately ever since Revanth Reddy himself had egged them on during his campaign to go and avail loans immediately and that he would waive them off.

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