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Chilli farmers turn violent in Khammam
Already down in the dumps unable to get remunerative price to their produce, the chilli growers went berserk and ransacked the furniture of the Agriculture Market Yard here when they witnessed a steep drop in the price on Friday.
Khammam: Already down in the dumps unable to get remunerative price to their produce, the chilli growers went berserk and ransacked the furniture of the Agriculture Market Yard here when they witnessed a steep drop in the price on Friday.
Following a glut due to high production of chilli this year, the price that skyrocketed to Rs 12,000 per quintal last year took a nosedive this year with the traders offering anywhere around Rs 5,000 a quintal.
With the next three days - Saturday, Sunday and Monday (May Day) - happened to be holidays for the yard, farmers in huge numbers turned to market with around 2 lakh chilli bags.
Taking advantage of the farmers’ situation, the traders offered between Rs 3,000 and Rs 3,500 a quintal. Fuelled by this, the farmers entered into an altercation with the market yard officials.
Unsatisfied with the response, a section of farmers turned violent and gatecrashed into the office of the market committee secretary and damaged the furniture. The irate farmers also vandalized the office room of the e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM). They also pelted stones at the committee office.
The police, who swung into action and controlled the mobs. Speaking to The Hans India, Rythu Sangham State joint secretary Nunna Nageswara Rao said: “Although chilli farmers have been in distress right from the beginning of the season, the government turned a blind eye.”
But, the raged chilli growers by raising slogans against the officials thrown stones at the office of Market Committee Chairman and took out rally from Agricultural Market to Collectorate and staged dharna.
Meanwhile the senior Congress leader V Hanumanth Rao, who visited the market yard, extended his party’s support to the chilli growers.
“The TRS government, which claims farmers-friendly, has been ignoring the issues faced by the farmers,” Rao said, demanding the administration to provide support price. He criticised the ruling party leaders and the District Collector for not consoling the farmers who have been staging protests for the last three days.
TDP Sathupally MLA Sandra Venkata Veeraiah also extended his support to the farmers and participated in their protest.
He demanded the government to provide at least Rs 10,000 per quintal. Meanwhile, it’s learnt that TDP working president Revanth Reddy will visit the market yard on Saturday.
