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Nizamabad Farmer Burns Dried Paddy Crop Amid Water Shortage
Kandi Ramulu grew rice on five acres of land in Nizamabad district.
His crop dried out because it did not get enough water.
He said it needed only two more rounds of watering before it could be harvested.
Upset that his work and investment had been lost, he set the dried crop on fire.
The report says water shortages are affecting other farmers and households too.
Ramulu asked the state government to assess his loss and give him financial help.
He warned that without help he might take his own life.
Kandi Ramulu burned his dried-up paddy crop on five acres in Paidipally village, Nizamabad district.
He said the crop needed two more rounds of irrigation to be ready for harvest.
Ramulu attributed the loss to inadequate water and said weeks of water stress had withered the crop.
The report describes wider water shortages affecting farmers and households across the state.
Ramulu asked the state government to assess his losses and provide compensation, warning he might otherwise end his life.
- Who
- Kandi Ramulu, a farmer from Paidipally village.
- What
- He set fire to his dried paddy crop after lacking enough water for it.
- Where
- Paidipally village, Varni mandal, Nizamabad district, Telangana.
- When
- After weeks of water stress, as the crop neared maturity; no date is specified.
- Why
- Inadequate irrigation water caused the crop to wither, and Ramulu said it needed two more rounds of watering to yield a full harvest.
Farmer's appeal
Government response
Compensation and intervention
Farmer's appeal
Ramulu asked the state government to assess his crop loss and provide suitable financial compensation.
Government response
The article does not report a response from the state government.
Key facts
- Farmer
- Kandi Ramulu
- Location
- Paidipally village, Varni mandal, Nizamabad district
- Crop area
- Five acres of paddy
- Water needed
- Ramulu said the crop needed two more wetting rounds
- Reported causes of wider shortage
- Deficient monsoon rainfall, El Niño conditions, and shrinking reservoir and groundwater levels
- Request
- Ramulu urged the state government to assess his loss and provide financial compensation
Quotes
Kandi Ramulu
A farmer from Paidipally village in Nizamabad district whose paddy crop withered from water shortages.
“If the crop had received water for just two more rounds, it would have been ready for harvesting. Watching the labor of months go waste right before my eyes was unbearable.”
thehansindia.com
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