Telangana farmers protest over power cuts, demand uninterrupted electricity supply

Farmers in Palamuru, Nizamabad and Suryapet districts staged protests at electricity substations on Sunday, demanding quality and uninterrupted power supply. They said power disruptions and inadequate canal water were threatening crops and adding to the burden of cultivation loans.

Hyderabad: Farmers in several districts staged protests on Sunday, demanding quality and uninterrupted power supply. They said their crops were at a crucial stage and power disruptions could cause severe losses.

Farmers from Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s home district of Palamuru, Nizamabad, Suryapet and other areas staged protests at electricity substations.

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In Jadcherla constituency, farmers from Urkondapeta and Jakinalapalli villages gathered at the Urokonda mandal substation and staged a protest. They raised slogans, cooked food on the road and had a community lunch at the substation as part of their agitation.

Urkondapeta former sarpanch Krishna Goud said farmers were distressed by the lack of canal water for their fields. Inadequate power supply was compounding their problems.

Farmers were struggling to save their crops amid these challenges and were worried about repaying the loans they had taken for cultivation, he said.

“The burden of investment costs on one hand and the anxiety of saving the crop on the other are making farmers spend sleepless nights,” Goud said.

Meanwhile, farmers laid siege to the Adavi Mamidipalli substation in Makloor mandal of Nizamabad district. They later staged a sit-in on the Armoor-Nizamabad Highway and raised slogans against the government.

The farmers alleged that the Congress government had failed to provide sufficient power to the farming community, resulting in mounting losses.

In Suryapet, farmers from Kommala village staged a protest in front of the electricity substation, demanding at least 12 hours of quality power supply.

They alleged that the Congress had promised 24-hour quality power supply before the elections, but farmers were now receiving only six to eight hours a day.