Crops over 25 lakh acres worth ₹ 8,633 crore lost in unseasonal rains: Revanth
The Hindu
He writes to KCR, demanding compensation to farmers
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president and Malkajgiri MP, A. Revanth Reddy demanded that the chilli farmers who lost their crops be paid a compensation of ₹50,000 per acre while other farmers should be given a compensation of ₹25,000 per acre.
In an open letter to the Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday, he said crops spread across 25 lakh acres of land worth nearly ₹ 8,633 crore were lost in Telangana due to the recent unseasonal rains and insect attack. Unable to bear the losses several farmers committed suicide, he said and families of such farmers should be paid an ex-gratia of ₹10 lakh each.
Mr. Reddy also criticised the Chief Minister for not visiting the farmers despite officially announcing the same. Instead ministers and officials went to the undivided Warangal district and neither they could assess the losses nor give any concrete assurance to the affected farmers.
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