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Spurious seed links found in Madanapalle
Green Veera-333 and the JCH-801, the two varieties of chilli are in the eye of the storm for inflicting huge losses on majority of chilli growers in at least 30 mandals of the district. This apart, farmers of Dornakal, Maripeda and Kuravi in Warangal district and some areas of Nalgonda district have also suffered huge losses due to spurious seed.
Khammam: The arrest of six persons in Khammam a couple of days ago for allegedly involving in spurious red chilli (mirchi) seed trade that extended to parts of Warangal and Nalgonda districts is appears to be just the tip of the iceberg.
Green Veera-333 and the JCH-801, the two varieties of chilli are in the eye of the storm for inflicting huge losses on majority of chilli growers in at least 30 mandals of the district. This apart, farmers of Dornakal, Maripeda and Kuravi in Warangal district and some areas of Nalgonda district have also suffered huge losses due to spurious seed.
Following huge protest demonstrations by farmers led by several Opposition parties, the Agriculture Department officials raided several seed shops and reportedly seized stocks of spurious seed. In this connection, the Khammam police arrested six persons, including a seed distributor, a dealer and four employees of Hyderabad-based Jeeva Agritech Company on Tuesday.
It’s learnt that the address given on the wrapper of the Green Veera company seed packet is fake. However, the police found that the company has a godown in Madanapalle in Chittoor district. A team of police officials dispatched to Madanapalle. But the police failed to found the whereabouts of the Managing Director of the company KN Shiva.
It’s learnt that the company’s license was expired in April and it’s yet to be renewed by the Telangana government.“In all, there are 14 seed companies doing seed business without proper licenses. With the support of the ruling TRS public representatives, these companies have a free run in the region,” Telangana Rythu Sangham joint secretary Nunna Nageswara Rao alleged.
Vadlamudi Krishnarjuna Rao of Singarayapalem village under Konijerla mandal said: “After two months, the chilli crop grew to normal size but failed thereafter at flowering stage without giving any yield.”
Thotate Venkateswarlu, mirchi farmer and Sarpanch of Mulkalapalli village under Dornakal mandal in Warangal district echoed similar complaint.
It may be mentioned here that input costs of the crop is anywhere between Rs 35,000 and Rs 45,000 per acre. Each mirchi seed packet of 10 grams is worth around Rs 330. For each acre of sowing, 100 grams of seed is needed.
Konijerla, Mudigonda, Vemsoor, Chintakani, Bonakal, Tirumalayapalem, Wajedu, Tallada and Wyra are some of the mandals in Khammam district where mirchi farmers incurred huge losses due to spurious seed.
