PAC chairperson inspects rain-hit crops in Beluguppa
The Hindu
Govt. must assess loss in realistic manner and provide compensation to farmers: Payyavula Keshav
It is double whammy for groundnut farmers in the district who lost their crop both the times.
If lack of rain for more than 55 days led to drying up of the crop in August/September, excess rain in the last few days has left the fields in a sheet of water, said Public Accounts Committee chairman and Telugu Desam Party Uravakoda MLA Payyavula Keshav.
Visiting groundnut, cotton and chilli fields in Beluguppa mandal in Uravakonda Assembly constituency, Mr. Keshav lamented the extent of loss that the groundnut farmers have suffered, some of whom have lost 100% of their investment, while 80% of cotton farmers were staring a bleak future as the crop was hit at a time when the cotton balls were in the growing stage.
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