Telangana Presses Centre on Urea Shortfall as Queues and Protests Intensify
Officials attribute the crunch to undelivered RFCL stock alongside reduced central allotments.
Overview
- Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said Telangana did not receive 63,000 tonnes of urea from the RFCL Ramagundam unit.
- He stated the Centre promised 50,000 tonnes for August but allotted 28,600, with about 13,000 supplied by August 21.
- Farmers across districts continue to wait in long lines at PACS, with many sleeping overnight to secure fertilizer.
- Distribution in several locations is restricted to one urea bag per farmer regardless of landholding size.
- BRS-led demonstrations included rasta-rokos and at least one detention, and a farmer collapsed in a Mahabubnagar queue with his condition not immediately known.