Overview
- Preliminary government reports say 2.53 lakh farmers suffered damage across 4.48 lakh acres in 179 mandals, with Warangal worst hit at over 1.3 lakh acres.
- Paddy accounts for the largest losses at over 2.82 lakh acres, followed by cotton at nearly 1.52 lakh acres, with smaller hits to maize, chilli, pulses, groundnut and horticulture crops.
- Ministers said the state will provide ₹10,000 per acre as ex gratia for crop loss, procure rain-soaked paddy and arrange a Chief Ministerial aerial survey of affected areas.
- Around 90 families in Khammam were moved to relief camps after the Munneru river reached the 25‑foot mark, as flooding damaged roads, culverts, bridges and a market yard.
- BRS leaders alleged only about 11,000 tonnes were procured against a promise of 11 lakh tonnes, nearly 4,000 paddy purchase centres remain unopened and high moisture is complicating cotton purchases under CCI norms, while YSRCP faulted Andhra’s reduced crop-insurance coverage and unpaid premiums.