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Telangana BJP Leader Criticises Government Over Farmers’ Water Crisis
Farmers in Telangana are worried because their crops do not have enough water.
N Ramachander Rao, a BJP leader, blamed the state government for not helping them.
He was traveling to support farmers protesting at the Jurala project.
Police stopped him at Jadcherla and detained him.
He was later released.
Rao said the government often uses preventive detention when people protest.
He asked Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to seek more water from Karnataka.
Rao said two dams in Karnataka, Almatti and Narayanpur, were overflowing.
Telangana BJP President N Ramachander Rao accused the state government of ignoring farmers facing water shortages.
Rao questioned Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and two ministers over their silence on the issue.
Police detained Rao at Jadcherla while he was traveling to support protesting farmers at the Jurala project.
After his release, Rao alleged that preventive detentions had become the government’s response to public grievances.
He urged Revanth Reddy to seek water releases from Karnataka, saying the Almatti and Narayanpur dams were overflowing.
- Who
- Telangana BJP President N Ramachander Rao, protesting farmers, and the Telangana state government.
- What
- Rao criticised the government over water shortages affecting standing crops and was detained while traveling to support farmers.
- Where
- Rao was detained at Jadcherla while traveling to the Jurala project.
- When
- Tuesday morning.
- Why
- Rao said farmers needed water for standing crops and urged the government to seek releases from Karnataka.
Key facts
- Main issue
- Water shortages affecting farmers’ standing crops.
- Political critic
- N Ramachander Rao, Telangana BJP President.
- Detention location
- Jadcherla.
- Protest location
- Jurala project.
- Government officials questioned
- Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, and Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy.
- Requested action
- Seek upper-riparian water releases from Karnataka.
- Dams cited
- Almatti and Narayanpur, which Rao said were overflowing.
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