The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Tuesday represented the situation of the farming community this season to the State government. A large number of farmers incurred huge losses after standing crops on about 20 lakh acres wilted before reaching harvesting stage due to a lack of irrigation water.
Submitting the representations to the Chief Secretary in Hyderabad and to Collectors in respective districts, they requested the government to help the farmers by extending a relief of ₹25,000 an acre to all farmers whose crops wilted.
The delegation comprised former ministers G. Jagadish Reddy and G. Kamalakar; MLAs K.P. Vivekanand, Palla Rajeshwar Reddy and Padi Kaushik Reddy; MLCs Satyavathi Rathod, Seri Subhash Reddy and Dande Vithal; former MLA Balka Suman; and others.
