Overview
- Farmers queued for hours at distribution centres, including a ninth‑class student in Nalgonda who left without urea, as district data showed widening gaps.
- Suryapet received 2,300 tonnes against an August demand of 22,000, while Nalgonda got 45,500 tonnes against a 70,000‑tonne requirement by September.
- Nagarkurnool farmers alleged spurious supplies and black‑market pricing, displaying bags marked 28:28:0 that they said contained 20:20 formulations.
- Telangana’s agriculture minister blamed delayed imports and an extended RFCL shutdown, saying 5.72 lakh tonnes were supplied against 8.30 lakh allocated through August with a ~62,000‑tonne RFCL shortfall.
- Andhra Pradesh announced 10,800 tonnes cleared from Dhamra and 8,100 tonnes earmarked from Karaikal, with 15,000 due at Gangavaram by September 6 and 30,000 at Kakinada in the second week of September.