The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government in Andhra Pradesh has miserably failed in preventing the large-scale destruction of standing crops due to cyclone Michaung, alleges Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
Addressing a gathering during his visit to the cyclone-affected areas in Tenali Assembly constituency in Guntur district on December 8 (Friday), Mr. Naidu observed that the havoc wreaked by the cyclone, particularly the damage caused to the standing crops, far exceeded the previous calamities.
“Farmers have incurred huge loss and tenant farmers are in dire straits. Ready-to-harvest crops have been damaged. When the government failed to provide assured water for irrigation despite prevailing drought conditions, the farmers spent their own funds to ensure supply of water to crops through tankers. All their efforts have gone down the drain as 90% of the crops suffered extensive damage,” Mr. Naidu said.
