HYDERABAD: Farmers in Laxmipur village of Thangallapalli mandal in Sircilla district on Thursday set a portion of their paddy ablaze to bring to the notice of the state government that the produce they had brought to the market was not being procured and rice millers were imposing conditions of their own on farmers.
Pouring a bottle of petrol on a heap of paddy, the farmers burnt a portion of it and threatened to destroy the entire lot if their produce was not procured. Local police and officials intervened and prevented the farmers from carrying on with their protest.
“We are being neglected. We want chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to take note of our problems. We also want minister K T Rama Rao, who represents our constituency, to visit us and understand what the situation is,” said M Malla Reddy, a farmer.
The complaint of the farmers is that they had been waiting for millers to procure the paddy but the millers were imposing conditions on taking the paddy. The millers said they would calculate the quantity by discounting 5-6 kg of rice per bag as farmers had themselves dried the ‘wet’ paddy. Since the millers kept delaying the process citing different reasons, the farmers resorted to the extreme protest .
Pouring a bottle of petrol on a heap of paddy, the farmers burnt a portion of it and threatened to destroy the entire lot if their produce was not procured. Local police and officials intervened and prevented the farmers from carrying on with their protest.
“We are being neglected. We want chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to take note of our problems. We also want minister K T Rama Rao, who represents our constituency, to visit us and understand what the situation is,” said M Malla Reddy, a farmer.
The complaint of the farmers is that they had been waiting for millers to procure the paddy but the millers were imposing conditions on taking the paddy. The millers said they would calculate the quantity by discounting 5-6 kg of rice per bag as farmers had themselves dried the ‘wet’ paddy. Since the millers kept delaying the process citing different reasons, the farmers resorted to the extreme protest .
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