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Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao’s remarks have re-ignited a debate over the Rythu Bandhu scheme, stirring criticism on social media.

Farmers are alleging that the negligent attitude of irrigation officials and lack of monitoring of works by Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, who represents Palair constituency and deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka caused delay in completing repairs.

D Kotaiah had suffered a heart stroke as his house at Ganesh Nagar of Danavaigudem was damaged and his belongings were washed away by the floods

The incident occurred when a large number of farmers, activists of Left parties and Telangana Rashtra Rythu Sangham arrived at the district collectorate to stage a protest seeking an unconditional crop loan waiver

He said while around 90 per cent of the project was completed by the K Chandrashekhar Rao government, the Congress Ministers got an opportunity to inaugurate it.

Nageswara Rao also claimed that he maintained dignity in political life to gain the public trust but never asked for party tickets.

The ministers visited Khammam fort, Nelakondapalli, Kinnerasani reservoir and others.

The trial run was conducted at the second pump house at Pusugudem and third pump house at Kamalapuram in Mulkalapalli mandal

The government also assured the implementation of a crop loan waiver for farmers with loans up to Rs 2 lakh without any conditions.

Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao on Wednesday hinted that the framework for the scheme would be finalised only after the implementation of the farm loan waiver scheme by the end of August.

NDRF teams have launched rescue efforts to save the 19 persons who were stranded after flood waters of the Peddavagu stream rose at Katta Maisamma temple area at Narayanapuram on Thursday.

“Our government has all the details. Once the family details of a farmer are confirmed, the loan waiver will also be made applicable to others,” Nageswara Rao said in a statement.

Govt shows no signs of continuing scheme launched by BRS regime

The Minister, who made a surprise visit to the Agriculture Department office near LB Stadium, was upset with the poor attendance

"In the next ten years, our goal is to make Telangana a leader in agriculture," Tummala Nageswara Rao added.

The complex will house the fertilizer control laboratory, seed testing center and regional soil testing centers.

Detailed Project Report (DPR) would be prepared in the next two to three months, and technical sanction would be obtained before calling the work tenders, Tummala Nageswara Rao noted.

He criticised 'Rythu Bandhu' for inefficiently using public funds, disbursing around Rs 25,670 crore in 12 installments to uncultivated lands.

Farmers from various clusters in rural Assembly constituencies will participate through video conferencing at the Rythu Vedika and express their opinions which will be submitted to the Cabinet sub-committee constituted by the government.

Take steps to produce seeds in seed production centres and produce flowers and fruit plants in government nurseries and supply them to farmers at low cost, he said.