Harish Rao demands ₹5,000 per acre input subsidy as immediate relief to ryots

Former minister T. Harish Rao toured the parched fields in Chilipiched and Hathnoora mandals of Narsapur constituency on Friday, accompanied by local party leaders. He expressed his dismay at the withered crops, blaming the government for not switching on the irrigation motors on time. Rao revealed that despite the completion of the Kaleshwaram and other projects, the government only operated a fraction of the available motors, resulting in a mere 18 tmc ft of water being lifted instead of the promised 60 tmc ft.

He further accused Chief Minister Revanth Reddy of allowing his own district to suffer as he planned to divert Krishna water to Kuppam in Andhra Pradesh. Rao demanded an immediate ₹5,000 per acre input subsidy, the opening of paddy procurement centers, and a halt to banks adjusting pensions, housing bills, and paddy payments against crop loans, similar to Maharashtra and Karnataka's relief measures.