With the Andhra Pradesh authorities announcing compensation for bulb farmers, the acquisition of bulb astatine a remunerative terms of ₹1,200 per quintal from ryots volition beryllium stopped from Monday.
Joint Collector B. Navya said that the State authorities had announced a compensation of ₹50,000 per hectare for the farmers, whose crops got damaged, and were facing hardships to get remunerative prices. The magnitude volition beryllium credited straight into the slope accounts of farmers.
Ms. Navya said the marketplace gait astatine Kurnool would beryllium closed connected Sunday. “From Monday onwards, farmers person to merchantability their nutrient straight to section traders oregon different markets wherever they get a bully price. Onions that person already been brought to the marketplace yards and yet to beryllium sold tin besides beryllium shifted to different places and sold by the farmers,” she said.
Ms. Navya said earlier, the authorities utilized to wage compensation of ₹25,000 per hectare to the farmers who mislaid their crops to dense rains oregon different unforeseen events. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has announced that the compensation fixed earlier would beryllium doubled to payment the farmers.
Meanwhile, Industries and Commerce Minister T.G. Bharath thanked the Chief Minister for announcing compensation for bulb farmers. “The State authorities person to carnivore a load of much than ₹100 crore for this,” helium said.
Nandyal MP Byreddy Shabari has welcomed the decision. Onion is cultivated successful 45,278 acres successful the undivided Kurnool territory and 24,218 farmers volition basal to summation from the compensation announced by the government.
She said the authorities had travel to the rescue of the Totapuri farmers by paying ₹260 crore astatine ₹4 per kg of produce. Similar initiatives were launched for baccy and cocoa farmers too.
Roads and Buildings Minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy said the authorities has proved again that it is pro-farmer. The Chief Minister has been perpetually monitoring the situation, helium said.
Mr. Janardhan Reddy accused the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) of neglecting the bulb farmers erstwhile the enactment was successful powerfulness and instigating farmers to agitate against the authorities for ‘selfish governmental gains’.
