Watch: Farmers brave incessant rains to queue for days as Telangana faces urea crisis
Farmers across Telangana are protesting over urea shortage, queuing for days at PACS offices despite rains. Protests turned tense in Mahabubabad as farmers tried to storm an MLA’s office. In Medak, long queues disrupted traffic, prompting police deployment
Hyderabad: Undeterred by incessant rains in many places, farmers continue to queue up at Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society (PACS) offices, and at some locations they have vented their anger at the offices of Congress public representatives for failing to provide sufficient urea.
At the PACS office in Gudur, Mahabubabad constituency, farmers demanded an explanation from the government on why adequate urea was not being supplied.
“Why did the government not make an appeal to the Central government well in advance for urea requirements? I have 11 acres but there is no guarantee of getting even one bag. This is after standing in queue for three days,” a farmer is seen saying in a video circulating on social media.
“In the last 10 years during the BRS government, we never faced these difficulties. Let Revanth Reddy conduct elections now, all the people will teach a fitting lesson to the Congress,” another farmer said in the video.
Similarly, in Mahabubabad town, farmers, including women from Reddiyala and Kambalapally, staged a protest by squatting on the roads. Later, they demonstrated at Congress MLA Bhukia Naik’s camp office and tried to lay siege.
After officials declared that stock was unavailable, the situation turned tense as the farmers attempted to barge into the MLA’s office. Sensing trouble, the MLA spoke to officials and instructed them to arrange urea for farmers, reports said.
Serpentine queues were also witnessed at the PACS office in Chinna Shankarampeta mandal, Medak. Farmers began gathering from 5 a.m., and due to the heavy rush, vehicular traffic was disrupted. With limited urea bags being supplied, police personnel were deployed at the office as a precautionary measure to prevent unrest.
