Overview
- YSRCP chief Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday inspected cyclone-damaged fields in Krishna district and met farmers affected by Cyclone Montha.
- He urged the state to release pending crop insurance payments of ₹600 crore and to pay the premium for the upcoming rabi season.
- He alleged hurried and flawed crop-loss enumeration, citing Bapatla e-cropping figures of 112–120% and claims that officials were told to finish assessments in a day.
- He contrasted current coverage of about 19 lakh insured farmers with his administration’s universal model, saying 84.8 lakh were covered earlier and ₹7,802 crore reached 54.55 lakh farmers.
- Reports from agencies and his remarks cite damage across roughly 15 lakh acres, including paddy on about 11 lakh acres, with no formal government rebuttal recorded in these accounts.