Roads and Buildings Minister V. Prashant Reddy on Tuesday slammed BJP MP from Nizamabad D. Aravind for planning a protest at Velpur square in Balkonda constituency in the name of farmers’ problems, asking him to speak about farmers. has no moral right. He is the one who betrayed them on the promise of turmeric board.
In a statement issued on Monday, the minister and TRS leader reminded Mr Arvind that he promised to clear the turmeric board and fix a minimum support price for red color within five days of being elected as an MP in 2019. was. Jowar as both the crops are grown extensively in the combined Nizamabad district and they had no marketing support like board for turmeric and support price of red jowar.
He alleged that the BJP MP had planned the protests to further confuse the farmers and cautioned the farming community not to be deceived by Mr Arvind’s words once again. Responding to Mr. Arvind’s demand to implement crop insurance scheme in Telangana, Mr. Prashant Reddy wanted to know why the scheme is not being implemented in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Gujarat, if it is so beneficial for the farmers. .
Shri Prashant Reddy said that the State Government is taking better care of the farming community than any other State in the country and schemes like Rythu Bandhu under which every landholding farmer gets investment assistance of Rs.10,000 per acre every year and families under Rythu Insurance. Will get On the death of the insured farmer, an insurance claim of ₹ 5 lakh will be paid to the landholder farmers, irrespective of the cause of death.
In addition, under the Shri Ramsagar Rejuvenation Scheme, extensive improvements were made to the irrigation facilities to ensure water in the flood flow canal and Kakatiya canal throughout the year. Water was also being provided for second crop under Alisagar and Gutfa lift irrigation schemes and farmers of Armur and Balkonda constituencies were made aware of improved and assured irrigation facilities.