BJP demands relief for drought-hit farmers

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HYDERABAD: BJP state president G Kishan Reddy has demanded the government to take up relief measures on a war footing in droughthi..

HYDERABAD: BJP state president G Kishan Reddy has demanded the government to take up relief measures on a war footing in droughthit areas in the state.Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, he accused the state government of failing miserably in coming to the rescue of the farmers who suffered huge losses due to drought.
He wanted the state government to send a report to the Centre on the drought situation in the state and get funds immediately if not they may have to see starvation deaths in future.Kishan Reddy said the state government even failed to send a team of officials to visit droughthit areas. He said a BJP delegation visited droughthit areas from October 28 to 31 in 16 districts and interacted with the farmers. He said several crops like maize, red gram, green gram and groundnut were badly damaged.

Though the state has received deficit rainfall this time, the ruling party's lackadaisical attitude added more woes to the farmers' community, he said. Kishan Reddy demanded to the state government to release a white paper on the crop insurance scheme in the state. He alleged that the government was not implementing crop insurance scheme and not paying compensation to the farmers except in Anantapur district.

Former Union minister Ch Vidyasagar Rao said though the government always talks about farmers' welfare but in fact it is working against them. It should waive all crop loans and also protect interests of tenant farmers, Rao demanded.