Farmers in Palamuru, Nizamabad and Suryapet districts staged protests at electricity substations on Sunday, demanding quality and uninterrupted power supply. They said power disruptions and inadequate canal water were threatening crops and adding to the burden of cultivation loans.
Farmers from Gomuthri village staged a sit-in at a power sub-station in Bheempur mandal, protesting erratic electricity supply to the agriculture sector. They said their crops were withering and threatened to consume pesticide before withdrawing after NPDCL officials assured uninterrupted power.
BRS leaders visited thermal power stations in Kothagudem, Manuguru and Bhupalpally on Thursday to assess coal stocks and generation. They alleged power cuts and coal shortages were affecting farmers and claimed police initially prevented them from entering the plants.
