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Telangana Rythu JAC predicts worse agrarian crisis in near future
Rythu JAC chairman and retired judge B Chandra Kumar anticipated that agrarian crisis would intensify in the future if the State government fails to come up with immediate remedial measures.
​Hanamkonda: Rythu JAC chairman and retired judge B Chandra Kumar anticipated that agrarian crisis would intensify in the future if the State government fails to come up with immediate remedial measures.
He said Telangana stands at second place in the country in terms of farmers’ suicides. Since the formation of the government in separate Telangana, as many as 2,700 farmers have ended their lives due to debts burden and crop losses.
Speaking to presspersons in Hanamkonda on Friday, he said the farmers being exploited by both government and the private traders. On one hand the government acquires farmer’s lands in the name of development while the traders loot the farmers by offering poor price to agriculture produce.
Yet neither the government nor Marketing Minister T Harish Rao is taking any steps. If this situation continues the farmers would abstain from taking up agriculture activity and it would have a negative impact on the society, Chandra Kumar cautioned.
The main problem with farmers was that they were not organised. The employees serving in public sector banks, in State and Central government establishments were organised and united and the governments would pay attention to their demands, the retired judge explained.
The TJAC Chairman M Kodandaram, who visited Enumamula agriculture market on Friday, also expressed the same opinion and said the JAC has started efforts to unite the farmers in order to protect their interests.
The farmers were complaining that the price they were getting was not even covering the labour charges. Many farmers with whom the JAC interacted have worried that committing suicide was only recourse they have to come out of the crisis, he said.
“We have never seen this kind of crisis in the State,” he told presspersons adding that the State government must immediately come up with a comprehensive Agriculture Policy and set up Farmers’ Commission to address the issue.
The TJAC would reach out to the farmers at mandal and village level to set up Rythu JACs in the coming next two months. Activities would be taken up to educate farmers and see that they get quality seeds in the next season.
Referring to the suspension of opposition members from the ongoing assembly session, Kodandaram said the whole set up of state legislature has become one-sided. Ruling party MLAs were in high in numbers and many in the opposition were not raising their voice.
Meanwhile, a farmer called Adi Reddy of Koppula village of Bhupalpalli distict has burnt a bag of chilli at the market in protest against the poor price being offered to the produce.
