Farmers whose crops withered due to lack of water for irrigation this season despite sinking new borewells poured out their woes before former Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao in Jangaon, Suryapet and Nalgonda districts on March 31.
He first visited Dharavath thanda in Devaruppala mandal of Jangaon district and examined the crop fields of farmers Narsimha Naik and Sattemma which have withered due to lack of water for irrigation. Mr. Rao consoled the farmers who suffered loss and tried to infuse confidence stating that such difficult times would not last long.
A woman farmer, Angothu Sattemma, explained her woes stating that she could not save the standing crop pn four acres which required just two wetting as the new borewells sunk by her by borrowing ₹4-5 lakh had failed to draw any water. She was in more trouble as she had fixed her son’s marriage this summer.
