Congress govt must pay for farmers’ tears: Errabelli Dayakar Rao
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Former Telangana minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao criticises the Congress government over dried-up crops in Warangal's Khanapuram village, demanding immediate irrigation water and compensation for affected farmers.
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Congress govt must pay for farmers’ tears: Errabelli Dayakar Rao
WARANGAL: Former minister and BRS leader Errabelli Dayakar Rao inspected dried-up crop fields at Khanapuram village in Torrur mandal on Wednesday and listened to the grievances of affected farmers. He said the Congress government would have to pay a price for the tears, distress and anger of farmers.
Addressing the farmers, Dayakar Rao alleged that Congress leaders, who had declared farmers’ welfare as their government’s goal during the elections, had ignored farmers after coming to power. He said farmers were taking loans to cultivate crops, but were suffering severe losses as their crops dried up due to the non-availability of irrigation water. He criticised the government for not providing even minimal assurance to the affected farmers.
Farmers Edunoori Ravinder and Somanna of Khanapuram village explained their losses to the former minister. They said they had invested about Rs 1.20 lakh, including expenditure on seeds, fertilisers, ploughing and labour, to cultivate maize in five acres and paddy in another acre. They said their crops had dried up as irrigation water was not supplied properly, leaving them with no hope of recovering their investment.
Kaleshwaram water issue
Questioning why the government was not using Kaleshwaram water, Dayakar Rao alleged that the Congress government was not lifting two tmc of water from the Kaleshwaram project because it did not want former chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to get credit for it. He asked whether political rivalry was more important than farmers’ interests and questioned the government for allowing crops to dry up despite water being available.
He demanded that the government set aside political differences and immediately supply irrigation water to farmers. He also sought immediate compensation for the dried-up crops and called on the government to implement the promises made to farmers.
