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BJP demands ten crore relief per drought mandal
Telangana BJP Kisan Morcha calls for immediate aid to 365 drought-affected areas and loan recovery halt.
In brief
Telangana BJP Kisan Morcha calls for immediate aid to 365 drought-affected areas and loan recovery halt. Telangana BJP Kisan Morcha demanded ten crore rupees relief for each of three hundred sixty-five drought-hit mandals and a halt to farm loan recovery. Originally reported by The Hindu.
BJP demands drought relief package
The Telangana BJP Kisan Morcha demanded the state government immediately release ten crore rupees for each of the three hundred sixty-five drought-affected mandals.
Loan recovery halt also sought
The BJP Kisan Morcha also called for halting the recovery of bank loans from farmers until drought conditions improve in the state.
Basawapuram Lakshminarasaiah's warning
Telangana BJP Kisan Morcha president Basawapuram Lakshminarasaiah urged the government to announce a comprehensive action plan to prevent farmer and agricultural labourer migration.
Centre's MGNREGS support cited
The BJP leader noted the Centre had allocated three thousand eight hundred twenty-five crore rupees, its sixty percent share, for eight point eight three lakh projects in Telangana.
Severe crop damage reported
More than ninety percent of Telangana's mandals face severe drought. Inadequate electricity and irrigation water caused paddy crops to dry on nearly thirteen lakh acres, about eighteen percent of cultivated area.
The one thing
Telangana BJP Kisan Morcha demanded ten crore rupees relief for each of three hundred sixty-five drought-hit mandals and a halt to farm loan recovery.
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