CM KCR has announced Rs 10,000 in help to the farmers whose crops have been damaged due to unseasonal rains in Telangana. KCR after inspecting some damaged crops announced that Rs ten thousand per acre will be given to the farmers who were affected due to the hail storm and unseasonal rains.
The Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was accompanied by Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar, Rythu Bandhu Samithi chairman MLC Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, CS Shanti Kumari and MP Vaddiraju Ravichandra. He was briefed by district Collector VP Gautham and district agriculture officials about the extent of the loss caused by the rains.
Standing crops in as many as 10,324 acres has been damaged affecting 7092 farmers in Bonakal mandal alone. In all crops in 31,027 acres were damaged affecting 22, 000 farmers.
Chandrashekhar Rao is also scheduled to visit different villages in Mahabubbad and Karimnagar districts for the assessment of the crop damage.
BRS district president MLC Tata Madhusudan, MLAs S Venkata Veeraiah, L Ramulu Naik and K Upender Reddy, ZP chairman L Kamal Raju and others were present.
