Overview

• Ramagundam Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited halted urea output on August 14 after pipeline leaks, with repairs targeted around August 22 followed by a cooling and restart period, keeping local supply offline in peak demand.
• State officials report 5.32 lakh tonnes supplied against an 8.3 lakh tonne April–August allocation, and they have sought at least 80,000 tonnes from imported stocks due by month-end to plug the gap.
• Farmers queued for hours and staged highway blockades in Mahabubabad, Warangal and Khammam as rationing limited many to one or two bags, with complaints of black marketing and diversion at some distribution points.
• Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao directed inspections, anti-hoarding task forces and tighter stock monitoring, and urged use of alternatives such as nano urea, DAP, MOP and biofertilisers.
• Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Congress MPs accused the Centre of under-supplying the state and pressed for immediate release in Parliament, while BJP leaders countered that central supplies were adequate; MPs said J.P. Nadda assured Telangana of urea within a week.