Hans News Service Warangal

Formerminister and BRS leader Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Wednesday visited dried-up crop fields at Khanapuram village in Torrur mandal and interacted with distressed farmers. He warned that the Congress government would have to pay a political price for ignoring farmers’ suffering. Dayakar Rao alleged that the Congress had failed to fulfil its election promises on farmers’ welfare. He said farmers who had invested heavily in cultivation were facing huge losses due to inadequate irrigation water.

Farmers Edunoori Ravinder and Somanna said they had spent nearly Rs 1.20 lakh cultivating maize on five acres and paddy on one acre, but their crops had dried up.

Questioning the government’s failure to utilise Kaleshwaram water, Dayakar Rao alleged that political considerations were preventing it from lifting two TMC of water. He demanded immediate irrigation supply, compensation for crop losses and implementation of farmers’ welfare promises.