Despite expectations of a record paddy harvest in Telangana, procurement operations are faltering due to untimely rains, inadequate infrastructure, and a reduced procurement target from the Centre. With only 1,200 centres operational against the proposed 8,300, and over 2.36 lakh acres of crop damaged, farmers face income losses and uncertainty over support price operations.
Though the thundershowers could bring much needed respite to the general public from the heat wave conditions that prevailed all over the State, farmers have had to pay a big price.
