Overview

• Urea output at RFCL in Ramagundam stopped on August 14 after a pipeline leak, with repairs slated through August 22 followed by cooling and start-up steps.
• The Agriculture Department says the Centre supplied 5.32 lakh tonnes against 8.3 lakh tonnes allocated for April–August, leaving a 2.69 lakh-tonne gap.
• Telangana has asked the Centre to release about 80,000 tonnes from four imported shipments expected by month-end to stabilize supply.
• Farmers queued for hours and staged road blockades across Mahbubabad, Mulugu, Khammam and Warangal as rationing at PACS and tech glitches slowed distribution, and heavy rains raised fears that applied urea would be washed away.
• Congress MPs pressed for urgent debate in Parliament, BJP leaders said deliveries were more than the state sought, officials pushed nano urea and enforcement drives, and a state probe is examining recurring RFCL pipeline faults.