The Congress government is writing the death warrant for the farmers by delaying the procurement of crop products. With no direction to buy the crop, the rice farmers are falling like quails because they have been guarding the stones for days. Four rice farmers died in a single day on Tuesday midnight.
- Four farmers died while going to protect the crops
- Due to the strong winds, the farmers who were building walls and sheds died at different places
Father and son are victims of government’s negligence - The terrible incidents happened because the government did not plant and move the grain
- Three more farmers injured Tragedy in Lakshettipet of Manchyryala district
- If the peasants die in the middle of the night, the higher officials do not notice until the afternoon
- JC to the scene with BRS dharna
- KTR announced financial assistance of Rs. 5 lakh to the affected families
- Eight farmers died within a week
Manchiryala, May 6 (Namaste Telangana representative): The Congress government is writing a death warrant for the farmers by delaying the purchase of crop products. With no direction to buy the crop, the rice farmers are falling like quails because they have been guarding the stones for days. Four rice farmers died in a single day on Tuesday midnight. Two separate incidents in Lakshettipet mandal of Manchiryala district exposed the negligence of the government. A father and son who went to the purchase center in Gampalapalli to save their grain for untimely rains died when the wall fell on them. Two other farmers who went to save grain in the purchase center in Kothur died on the spot when the shed fell on them.
Three other farmers were seriously injured in the same incident. According to the story of the affected families and eyewitnesses, Tanugula Nagaraju (48), a local farmer, took the grain grown in five acres to the Gampalapally grain buying center in Lakshettipet mandal of Manchiryala district 20 days ago. The officials who weighed the grain 10 days ago kept it there without moving it. In this order, Nagaraju took his elder son Tanugula Abhiram (24) along with him and went to the purchase center on Tuesday midnight. As the tarpaulins covered the sacks of grain, it started to rain. The father and son hurriedly covered the curtains and went to a nearby wall and hid their heads. Abhiram died on the spot due to suffocation as the wall collapsed due to heavy rain. Nagaraju, who was seriously injured, was taken to the Laxettipet Government Hospital and from there he breathed his last on the way to Karimnagar.
In the shed collapse incident..
Farmer Gundarapu Venkatesh (23) brought grain to the Kothur buying center in Lakshettipet mandal 20 days ago. As it was not yet weighed, he went to the center on Tuesday midnight to protect his grain from the storm and rain. He hid in a nearby shed along with the local farmers as the heavy rain was coming with curtains covering the grains. In this order, Nelke Lacchanna (48) of Mutyampeta village took his son to Hyderabad bus at Laxettipet square and on the way back, due to heavy rain, he stopped the cart on the side of the road and went to the same shed as the farmers. Venkatesh and Lacchanna died on the spot when the wall of the shed collapsed due to heavy gusts of wind. Farmers Akula Mallaiah, Mbadi Lacchanna and Sridarla Harish were seriously injured in the same incident. They were shifted to Lakshettipet Government Hospital. Shridarla Harish, whose health condition is critical, was shifted to Manchirya for better treatment.
‘Please daddy.. just once daddy’
The government hospital in Lakshettipet mandal center was struck with sadness. The cries of the family members and relatives of the deceased are heard. Seeing the dead body of Nelke Lacchanna of Mutyampeta, the daughter and son suddenly collapsed. Seeing his father in disarray, he cried his heart out. ‘Please Daddy… Hey Daddy… Just look at it, Daddy!’ Seeing the way the children were struggling, all the people there shed tears. Nagaraju’s wife Mamata Borum said that their family has fallen on the road after the deaths of Tanugala Nagaraju and Abhiram. His eldest son, who is preparing for a government job, came home to ask for marriage. In the meantime, the rain of Mayadari has pelted him. When both of them died, I would have survived,’ she lamented, which moved everyone.
BRS counseling to affected families
Former minister Jeevan Reddy, former Manchiryala MLA Diwakar Rao and BRS state leader Viji Rao visited the families of the deceased and affected farmers at the Laxettipet government hospital on Wednesday. They have assured the families of the deceased that they will support them in every way. Former Minister Jeevan Reddy demanded that criminal cases should be registered against DRDO PD, Joint Collector and District Collector who acted negligently even after 10 days of weighing. After visiting the families of the deceased, Jeevan Reddy expressed his anger on Laxettipet Tehsildar Dilip Kumar. According to the rules grain must be moved within 24 hours of weighing at the purchase centers? Or? Ask your collector. Manchyryala MLA Premsagar Rao blamed Animaji MLA Diwakar Rao as the reason for the death of farmers who went to save their crops due to not buying grain on time.
Congress is taking advantage of farmers: Niranjan Reddy
Hyderabad, May 6 (Namaste Telangana): Former Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy has criticized the Congress government in the state for months for not taking up the purchase of crops and paying usury to the farmers. The Congress government’s irresponsibility was blamed for the death of four farmers and injuries to many farmers at the purchase centers in different incidents in Manchyryala district. They were not accidental deaths but were described as killings by the government with negligent delay. In a statement on Wednesday, he expressed grief that seven farmers died at the purchase centers in three days. They demanded to buy the crops on war footing.
Farmers’ deaths are murders of the government!
- The government is showing laziness by not buying crops for weeks
- 25 lakh ex-gratia to the families of the deceased should be announced immediately
- BRS Working President KTR
Hyderabad, May 6 (Namaste Telangana): BRS Working President KTR said that the farmers who are dying at the purchase centers are murders committed by the state government. In two separate incidents in Manchiryala district recently, four farmers died and several farmers were injured when a wall and shed collapsed due to rain and strong winds at the purchase centers. Expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the deceased on Wednesday. They demanded that the state government immediately announce an exgratia of Rs 25 lakh to the families of the deceased farmers and provide better medical care to the injured farmers. He criticized the Congress government for showing laziness by not buying the crops grown by the farmers for weeks. It was alleged that seven farmers died in three days due to fires falling at different purchase centers and all these were murders committed by the state government. They demanded immediate purchase of all the crops available in kallas and purchase centers across the state.
50 lakhs should be compensated
- BRS leaders Jeevan Reddy and Diwakar Rao
‘Rs 50 lakh compensation should be paid to the families of four farmers in Lakshettipet mandal due to the government’s negligence. CM Revanth Reddy should take responsibility for this incident and resign from his post,” BRS state general secretary Jeevan Reddy and former MLA Diwakar Rao demanded from the government. Demanding support to the families of the deceased, under the auspices of BRS, the affected families and farmers staged a sit-in on the national highway at Utkur square. On this occasion, they said that the farmers had to go to the purchase centers in the middle of the night because they did not buy the crops on time and did not move the purchased grain. They flagged that all four farmers were killed by the government. It was revealed that the party working president KTR has assured that the families of the deceased will be provided Rs.5 lakh each on behalf of BRS. Joint Collector (Revenue) Chandraya requested that proposals be sent to the Collector and CS to give an ex-gratia of Rs.50 lakhs to the families of the deceased, and a copy of the same should be given and the dharna should be called off. The dharna was called off in the evening. On this occasion, Nagaraju’s wife Mamata begged DCP and JC’s legs to help them, which brought tears to everyone’s eyes.
