PNS | Vijayawada
Expressing deep concern over the plight of the farming community in the State, TDP chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu, on Tuesday regretted that though the farmers are on the ventilator, there is no response from Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Talking to media persons on Tuesday, Chandrababu Naidu said that the four-year rule of the YSRCP reflects how the farming sector is pushed into a serious crisis.
Though the Kharif season started long ago, the State is still experiencing drought, he felt.
Chandrababu said that ”Till now, 27 per cent deficit rainfall has been recorded across the State, Nellore district recorded the lowest of 42 per cent, while Chittoor 36, Kadapa 48, Kurnool 28 and Anantapur 26 per cent rainfall. East Godavari recorded 42 while West Godavari recorded 40 per cent deficit rainfall.
Chandrababu said, Chief Minister has not conducted any review meeting on the lack of rainfall and poor farming operations. He asked why no plans on agriculture have been formulated and felt that the entire agriculture sector has been pushed into crisis.
He said that CM Jagan has absolutely no understanding of agriculture and no affection towards the farming community. He said that the situation is really alarming as 3,000 farmers had resorted to suicide in the past four years.
The State is in second position in tenant farmers suicides while in the farmers suicides it stood in the third position in the country which is really an alarming situation, Chandrababu Naidu said.
