Telangana Congress president A. Revanth Reddy demanded the State government to supply fertilizers free of cost to all farmers, as promised by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on April 13, 2017, during a meeting with farmers.
In a letter to the Chief Minister, he said that the promise remained unfulfilled even after five years, and unfortunately, the government was not able to supply fertilizers even though farmers were willing to pay. He said that long queues in front of the cooperative societies and agriculture cooperative offices across the State indicated the shortage in Telangana.
He also said that combined Nalgonda district was facing a huge shortage of fertilizers just when farmers needed it the most with paddy and cotton seeds sprouting now. But, for the last 20 days, farmers are seeing no stock board or are being supplied less than five bags when the need is more than 20 bags, he said.
