Fear of urea shortage in Nellore district is unfounded, says Kovur MLA Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy

The fearfulness of a urea shortage successful SPSR Nellore territory is unfounded, Kovur MLA Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy said connected Sunday (June 14, 2026), arsenic the authorities moved to wide farmers’ doubts astir supply.

This is much truthful successful SPSR Nellore district, which is known for immense stretches of plain onshore and hence the committedness it holds for agriculture, and paddy cultivation successful particular.

The Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Input Management System (APAIMS), the integer level successful the signifier of a mobile app designed to guarantee a unchangeable cultivation enactment strategy for farmers, was launched connected an experimental ground successful this district. Interestingly, the urea organisation to farmers by the Department of Agriculture is besides done done this app.

Initially, it was decided to supply 1.5 bags of urea an acre, but erstwhile the farmers expressed apprehension whether it would suffice, the aforesaid was accrued to 2.5 bags and yet to 3 bags an acre.

The teething occupation was seemingly felt successful getting the details of the farmers and the landholdings entered successful the app truthful arsenic to guarantee seamless proviso of urea. However, the hold encountered successful the process started getting projected arsenic non-availability.

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Paddy is cultivated connected 55,000 acres successful Kovur constituency, done which the Penna flows. Planting of paddy seedlings (varinaatlu) is completed connected 42,000 acres, and the remaining grade volition beryllium covered successful a week.

“4.5 tonnes of urea has been supplied against the full request of 7 tonnes successful our constituency. Another 2.5 tonnes is acceptable for proviso successful Inamadugu godown. In Buchireddypalem mandal, 1350 tonnes of urea has already been disbursed to 7600 acres of workplace land. So, the fearfulness of urea shortage is unfounded,” Kovur MLA Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy said astatine a media conference.

She urged the farmers not to judge the concocted stories spun by ‘vested interests’ to make a wedge betwixt them and the government.