Telangana farmers protest urea shortage, demand scrapping of app

With the Yasangi season on, last year’s urea shortage is back to haunt the farming community in the State, with many farmers struggling to secure sufficient urea bags. With the Congress government‘s app-based distribution system further complicating the ongoing shortage, they are up in arms against the government.

Demanding that the State government scrap the app-based distribution system, farmers have been staging protests across several districts. Following the conclusion of the municipal elections, many farmers complained that the government was least bothered about addressing the urea



shortage.

A majority of farmers said the hardships they encountered last year were recurring this season as well. They also complained about the cumbersome process involved in booking urea online through the mobile app ‘Fertilizer Booking App’. Apart from this, frequent technical glitches in the system have left them fuming.

From erstwhile Adilabad to Palamuru and from Khammam to Medak, farmers have been staging demonstrations at several places over the past couple of weeks. Despite the protests, the Congress government continues to maintain that sufficient urea stocks are available in the State.