Parvathipuram, Sept. 8, 2025
At the District Collector’s Office today, CPI (ML) Red Star district secretary Comrade Thota Jeevanna demanded prompt and adequate supply of urea to farmers. Party cadres staged a dharna under his leadership, highlighting what they called a “serious shortage” affecting the ongoing kharif season.
Addressing the gathering, Jeevanna alleged that while the government claims to be “farmer-friendly,” its announcements of abundant urea availability are “nothing but empty rhetoric.” Farmers, he said, have been anxiously waiting, yet distribution has failed to materialize across the district. “The administration has no visible track of urea supply, leaving cultivators helpless,” he remarked.
Pointing to the crop cycle, Jeevanna warned that delayed or inadequate fertiliser threatens crop growth and eventual yields. Many farmers, he added, are resorting to mixing inferior alternatives such as ammonia and other tablets to compensate. Reports of black-market sales were also raised, with some farmers claiming they had to pay an extra ₹200 per sack to secure limited stock.
“It is absurd that while each mandal needs hundreds of tonnes, officials boast of allocating only a few dozen tonnes,” Jeevanna said. He called for transparent, day-wise announcements specifying how much urea would be delivered to which village.
He questioned official claims of “no shortage,” challenging authorities to attempt free distribution “without police deployment” if stock were truly sufficient. “Depriving farmers of urea pushes them into needless distress. Immediate action is essential,” he asserted.
District committee members Gurugubilli Surayya, Botsa Mohan Rao, Guzzu Janardhan, Seethamma, Ramamurthy, Srinivas, and Simhachalam Malleswara Rao joined the protest.
