BRS leaders addressing a press convention on energy provide to farming talked about by Congress in Hyderabad on Saturday.
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Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has requested the folks of Telangana to determine between 24×7 energy provide being given to all classes of shoppers together with farmers and the Congress get together, which is repeatedly talking about solely three-hour provide to farm pumpsets.
Addressing a press convention right here on Saturday, working president of the get together Okay.T. Rama Rao, senior leaders Ponnala Laxmaiah, M. Srinivas Reddy, Dasoju Sravan, Karne Prabhakar and others stated the farming neighborhood was simply overcoming the previous plight with not even 3-hour provide throughout day-time and help to the Congress get together on this election would take them 10 years again.
After his 3-hour provide discuss within the US, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A. Revanth Reddy had reiterated right here lately that 3-hour provide to farming was sufficient within the State as 90% of the landholdings have been solely as much as 3 acres and pumping water with a ten HP motor would irrigate one acre in an hour, they identified and steered the farming neighborhood inform the TPCC chief as to which capability motors have been used principally by them.
Criticising the TPCC chief for evaluating farmers to alms-seekers within the matter of Rythu Bandhu profit, the BRS leaders requested farmers to remember the day of plight in irrigating their crops within the night time time by waking up all night time ready for energy provide, burning out of motors and bursting of transformers with overload, protests earlier than sub-stations, crop holidays to farmers and energy holidays to industries.
The BRS leaders acknowledged that from enhancing irrigation services to offering 24×7 provide to farmers relying on groundwater was earlier than the farming neighborhood to make an knowledgeable choice. They talked about that the State authorities was spending over ₹1,000 crore each month on free energy provide to farming and within the course of serving to farmers attain file paddy manufacturing.
They additionally requested AICC chief Rahul Gandhi to make the Congress get together coverage clear on the facility provide hours to farming and termed the declarations being made by the get together as waste papers.
Source: www.thehindu.com
