Telangana - Unable to supply water, farmers set paddy crop on fire
In Peddalingapur, Illanthakunta Mandal, on Monday, a few farmers burned their paddy crop because they could not get water to it.
Due to a paucity of water supplies, the farmers had previously planted irrigated dry (ID) crops, but they had switched to paddy farming once the BRS administration took office and had continued it for the previous seven or eight years. In past summers, irrigation authorities would lift the annapurna project's gates to allow water downstream. Water was used to travel through rivulets to reach the Anantharam tank, which provided farmers with water for their paddy crops.
Due to a paucity of water supplies, the farmers had previously planted irrigated dry (ID) crops, but they had switched to paddy farming once the BRS administration took office and had continued it for the previous seven or eight years. In past summers, irrigation authorities would lift the annapurna project's gates to allow water downstream. Water was used to travel through rivulets to reach the Anantharam tank, which provided farmers with water for their paddy crops.
This time, though, things were different because of the scarcity of water, which was causing problems for the farmers. In addition to the project being devoid of water, groundwater depletion also caused borewells to dry up. The standing crop subsequently wilted. Farmers set the crop on fire because they were unable to provide water to the standing crop.
Two farmers from kamareddy district's lingapur hamlet set fire to their paddy harvest earlier in 2020. Nevertheless, illness and bugs plagued their crop. The farmers, helpless, set it on fire. According to Narayana and Anjaneyulu, they followed the government's advice when cultivating Sannalu paddy. They had spent Rs 60,000 in the crop, thus they asked the State for compensation. During Vanakalam, K Narayana and K Anjaneyulu farmed the Sannalu type of paddy on three and a half acres of land.