Khammam: Cultivate sugarcane this monsoon, MLA Sandra Venkata Veeraiah tells Sathupalli farmers

Sathupalli (Khammam): The farmers of Sathupalli Assembly constituency were asked to cultivate sugarcane in more land during this monsoon to ensure profitability.

Farmers awareness programmes were organised at several villages of Tallada and Kallur mandals in the constituency on Friday. MLA Sandra Venkata Veeraiah and District Collector RV Karnan attended the programmes and interacted with farmers.

Addressing farmers at the awareness programme at Chinna Korukondi village of Kallur mandal, Collector Karnan suggested the farmers to give priority to sugarcane cultivation both based on the soil and a sugar factory in Kallur.

The State government has introduced regulated farming system to benefit the farming community and farmers should prefer

cultivating cotton, chilli and fine variety of paddy during this season. Red gram could be taken up for inter-cropping with cotton, Karnan suggested.

MLA Veeraiah noted that Sathupalli constituency was known for diversified crop pattern wherein the farmers cultivate chilli, cotton and sugarcane besides paddy instead of going for a single crop.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has launched Sri Sitarama Lift Irrigation Project in order to ensure last-mile connectivity.

River Godavari waters would be provided to irrigate the lands in the constituency in the next agriculture season, he noted.

Veeraiah informed that record level paddy procurement was done in yasangi season as 1.50 lakh metric tonnes grains were procured.