Telangana farmers not getting crop insurance: Uttam Kumar Reddy

Speaking at a party meeting at Nereducherla to review digital membership drive of the Congress, Uttam Kumar Reddy said the Centre, in reply to his question in Lok Sabha.

Suryapet: Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Thursday said that only farmers of Telangana State were deprived of any crop insurance facility in the country.

Speaking at a party meeting at Nereducherla to review digital membership drive of the Congress, Uttam Kumar Reddy said the Centre, in reply to his question in Lok Sabha, clarified that Telangana was the only State which was not implementing crop insurance scheme in the country. He held the TRS government responsible for it.

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The Congress leader also opposed statements made by TRS leaders asking farmers not to take up cultivation of paddy in Yasangi crop season.
Reminding that Nagarjuna Sagar Project was constructed during Congress rule, he questioned as to whether every acre of land in Nereducherla and Palakeedu mandals were getting irrigation facility through the project.
He alleged that Huzurnagar MLA has changed the places of construction of lift irrigation scheme, which got funds from NABARD, to get commissions from the contractor.

He alleged that the TRS government had failed to fulfill its poll promise of filling job vacancies, distributing three acres land to dalits and reservations to Muslims and tribals in proportion to their population.

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