Telangana Farmers Confront Acute Urea Shortfall as BRS Intensifies Protests
Faced with long queues, delayed shipments and pending federal approvals, farmers are pressing Delhi to increase urea allocations.
Overview
- Farmers in Khammam, Warangal, Bhupalpally and Wyra mandal continue to endure multi-hour queues for urea supplies as the Vanakalam season advances.
- BRS cadres led by Haripriya Naik and Dindigala Rajender staged dharnas at local PACS warehouses and submitted a memorandum to district agriculture officer Babu Rao demanding sufficient fertiliser stocks.
- Telangana’s Congress-led government has petitioned the Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers for additional rakes, warehouse funding and import permissions but awaits approval.
- Union Minister J. P. Nadda has cautioned against overconsumption, and the state’s requests for additional quotas remain pending.
- Reports of black-market hoarding and logistical bottlenecks have intensified resource allocation disputes between Telangana and New Delhi.