Telangana farmers block roads demanding adequate urea supply
Farmers in Mahabubabad and Kothagudem staged rasta-roko protests on Tuesday over acute urea shortages. Long queues formed at PACS offices, with many farmers denied supply. Police intervened at several locations as farmers demanded immediate distribution of urea
Kothagudem/Mahabubabad: Farmers staged rasta-roko protests at multiple mandal headquarters in Mahabubabad and Kothagudem districts on Tuesday, demanding adequate supply of urea.
In Inugurthy mandal, large numbers of farmers queued up at the local PACS since early morning after learning that urea bags had arrived. However, each farmer was given only one bag, while many did not receive even a single bag, prompting them to block the road in protest.
Mandal Agriculture Officer Bhukya Mahender Naik, with the help of police, tried to pacify the protesters and explained that nano-urea could be used as an alternative.
Similar scenes were witnessed at Gudur mandal headquarters, where farmers braved heavy rain to collect urea. A woman farmer with a broken arm alleged that despite several visits to the PACS, she was denied urea, resulting in damage to her crops.
At Narsimhulapet PACS, farmers waited for hours for urea and accused the Congress government of failing to ensure timely supply, claiming they had been waiting for more than a month. At one stage, they blocked officials at the PACS gate until police intervened and issued tokens for distribution.
In Kothagudem’s Yellandu PACS warehouse, supply was halted due to a malfunctioning fingerprint machine, angering farmers who lashed out at officials for stopping distribution.
