YSRCP demands preventive measures at times of natural calamities

YSRCP demands preventive measures at times of natural calamities - Sakshi Post

YSRCP today demanded the state Government to take stringent measures ahead of natural calamities to reduce crop, property and financial losses to farmers, agricultural workers and others involved in caste-based traditional occupations.

Addressing a media conference at the party headquarters here in the wake of the Nilam Cyclone threat to the state, Party farmers’ wing convener MVS Nagi Reddy said farmers and those involved in caste-based occupations are facing the brunt of natural calamities always due to lack of preventive measures.

“The officials or leaders are not visiting the field to take loss-reducing measures at times of natural calamities and it has become a practice for the Government to make post-calamity announcements in newspapers and leave matters there,” he remarked.

Nagi Reddy said the National Disaster Relief Organization headed by MarriSasidhar Reddy has not rendered any help to the state till now on the issue. “Even now, the officials of the National Disaster Relief Organization or the state government should visit the field to take loss reducing and preventive measures.

Nagi Reddy demands relief to cotton famers

Nagi Reddy said that nature was kind enough to the farmers during the YSR regime but after his death, nature has been continuously furious towards farmers in the state.

“However, the farmers, who spent a lot on their cotton crops, are being affected now again this year,” he lamented saying that the cotton growers have been suffering a loss of productivity though the cotton crop area has been growing.

He said over an area of 22.69 lakh hectares cotton has been grown this year in the state but the cotton growers have been suffering a loss of Rs.30,000 per hectare due to increase in the input costs. While the cost of irrigation for quintal is around Rs.5000, they are being forced to suffer a loss of Rs. 1500 per quintal due to the market rate of Rs.3500 per quintal resulting in a total loss of Rs.6800 Cr in their investments on cotton crop.

Nagi Reddy said the cotton farmers have been suffering heavy losses over the last three years due to hefty increase in input costs.

While the Government has been increasing all input costs like diesel and fertilizers, it has failed to increase the support price proportionately, he observed.

The government should take immediate measures to help the cotton farmers financially, he demanded.

Decries Naidu’s Padayatra

Criticizing TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu’s VastunnaMeekosamPadayatra, Nagi Reddy said Naidu has conspired with the Congress Government to defame YSRCP President Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.

He said Sharmila has been undertaking her MaroPrajaPrasthanam to create confidence among the people and assure that all welfare schemes of YSR would be implemented by YSRCP under the leadership of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy comes to power.
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