Farmers stage protest as officials reject paddy unloading at rice mill in Khammam

Paddy farmers have staged a flash protest as the district supply officer prevented unloading of paddy bags allotted to a mill at Konijerla in the district on Monday.

According to Telangana Rythu Sangham district secretary Bonthu Rambabu farmers have brought paddy to Konijerla’s Raju Rice Mill designated to mill rabi paddy. For the last four days,



tractors and trucks were parked at the mill and were waiting for unloading paddy bags.

During afternoon hours the DSO Chandan Kumar came to the rice mill and in the presence of farmers told him not to unload paddy bags as the milling limit allotted to the mill was over. If paddy bags were unloaded beyond the limit, the farmers concerned would not be paid.