With the area under paddy projected to be little over 40 lakh acres in Telangana during the Yasangi season, Department of Agriculture has prepared an action plan for supply of 19.24 lakh metric tonnes of various fertiliser grades
As the farmers have demanded the release of water from Ranganayaka Sagar, Former Minister T Harish Rao had requested Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy requesting the release of water
Telangana is staring at the possibility of the crucial Yasangi crop season taking a major hit with the government citing shortage of water to irrigate ayacut areas of several projects.
He directed them to hasten up the process of disbursal reaching out to all sections of the farmers with assistance due to them as the Yasangi operations were still in progress.
The Cabinet sub-committee held its first meeting with the stakeholders at the State Secretariat on Wednesday to examine various aspects of crop management during the Yasangi season
Since paddy fields have become muddy after the recent rains, the demand has gone up for track harvesters, which have tracks like war tanks instead of normal wheels