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Farmer groups person demanded that the Andhra Pradesh authorities instantly acquisition paddy astatine the declared Minimum Support Price (MSP), ensuring creaseless procurement without delays.
They urged the officials to coordinate arrangements related to moisture percent testing, transport trucks, gunny bags, and weighbridge facilities truthful that the harvested paddy tin beryllium transported to mills without further loss.
Addressing the media league attended by the farmers from Krishna, Guntur and NTR districts connected Wednesday, the representatives of assorted farmers’ bodies claimed that that authorities announcements remained lone connected paper, portion the ground-level implementation is ‘failing miserably’.
Farmers stated that contempt repeated assurances and publicity that problems would beryllium resolved instantly done helplines, the world of the procurement centres successful the agrarian areas is different.
“Paddy is being purchased astatine ₹1,400 to ₹1,470 per quintal, acold beneath the MSP and precocious moisture percent successful the nutrient is being cited arsenic the reason,” said Vaka Ramachandra Rao, a tenant husbandman from Challapalli.
Anne Subbarao from Katur colony said harvesting machines were insufficient, forcing the farmers to wage exorbitant rents and resorting to distress sale.
Tenant husbandman Ishaq from Undavalli stated that adjacent high-quality atom was forcibly sold astatine ₹1,400. Subbarao from Chirravuru alleged that the procurement process was ‘extremely slow’ and the caller rains triggered by cyclone forced the farmers to merchantability their nutrient astatine ‘throwaway prices’.
“The officials garbage to supply gunny bags and transport facility, deliberately delaying the weighing of paddy,” helium said.
Palle Krishna and Srinivasa Reddy from Vijayawada Rural mandal alleged that farmers were being compelled to merchantability their nutrient astatine little rates.
Tenant Farmers’ Association State wide caput M. Haribabu reported facing akin issues successful Movva mandal, adding that “the procurement unit were incapable to explicate moisture parameters and farmers were being straight sent to backstage mills wherever millers dictate the prices.”
“Even aft informing the Collector, Joint Collector, RDO, Tahsildar, and Civil Supplies procurement officials, nary enactment has been taken. Farmers are forced to merchantability distant their produe astatine ₹1,470 per quintal, suffering a nonaccomplishment of ₹200 to ₹300 per bag. In a colony of 1,000 acres, full nonaccomplishment amounts to ₹70 lakh to ₹1 crore,” helium said.
Senior leaders Y. Keshava Rao, Jonna Siva Shankar and others spoke.
