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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kisan Morcha, Andhra Pradesh unit, has urged Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to instantly authorisation cardinal assistance for farmers severely affected by Cyclone Montha, which devastated crops and workplace infrastructure crossed respective districts of the State.
In a memorandum submitted to the Union Minister, BJP Kisan Morcha State president Chigurupati Kumaraswamy highlighted the extended harvest losses and infrastructural harm caused by the cyclone. The delegation, led by Mr. Kumaraswamy, met the Minister successful the beingness of BJP State president P.V.N. Madhav. Senior BJP leaders Matta Prasad, Y.V. Subba Rao, Tullimilli Srinivas, Rajesh, and Kishan Vachha besides took portion successful the meeting.
The Morcha said the cyclone had destroyed thousands of acres of horticultural and tract crops—including fruits, vegetables, and nurseries—besides damaging drip irrigation systems, workplace sheds, acold storages, and poultry units. It sought a peculiar alleviation bundle of ₹1,000 crore from the Centre to supply contiguous compensation to farmers, regenerate damaged inputs specified arsenic seeds and fertilisers, proviso fodder for livestock, and repair workplace infrastructure.
The Morcha urged that the compensation beryllium credited straight to farmers’ accounts done Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for transparency and timely disbursal, and that cardinal teams beryllium deployed astatine the territory level to measure losses and show alleviation operations.
It besides appealed to the Centre to facilitate Andhra Pradesh’s re-entry into the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, recognition premium subsidies straight to farmers, guarantee effectual implementation of Minimum Support Prices done procurement agencies, and fortify cooperatives and agri-infrastructure schemes.
The Morcha further emphasised the request to beforehand horticulture, integrated and dryland farming, and integer agriculture initiatives. It described Andhra Pradesh farmers arsenic the backbone of the nation’s nutrient information and called for contiguous cardinal involution to safeguard livelihoods and guarantee semipermanent cultivation sustainability.
