Paddy procurement delays trigger farmer distress and protests across Telangana

Farmers in Telangana are in distress due to delays in paddy procurement, with only half of the planned 8,000 centres opened. Protests have erupted in several districts as farmers fear distress sales amid unseasonal rain threats and limited procurement by authorities. Farmers are drying grain along roadsides and awaiting the opening of procurement centres, with the Civil Supplies Corporation having procured only about three lakh metric tonnes so far.