Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar, on Friday, asked the State government to provide immediate crop compensation to farmers affected by unseasonal rains and expedite the paddy procurement process.
In a communication to Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, a copy of which was released to the media, the BJP chief charged the government with being negligent in procuring the grain even after the harvest, which had led to the produce getting wet or washed away in the recent rains.
“Your (CM) warning to farmers not to grow paddy has led to it being sown in just 30 lakh acres, as many got scared. It is also your responsibility to compensate these farmers and those who had suffered loss due to lack of paddy procurement centres or inadequate infrastructure in those opened, forcing them to sell to middlemen,” he said.
