Overview
- Women farmers in Khammam queued from the early hours for urea, with a scuffle prompting police to restore order, according to local reports.
- Khammam’s district collector said 14,388 metric tons are available and stated that, until the booking app launches there, distribution is offline after patta passbook verification through 82 PACS centres and 84 private dealers.
- The agriculture minister reported a pilot of the fertiliser booking app in five districts where 82,059 farmers booked 201,789 urea bags over nine days, and he announced a toll-free help line at 18005995779.
- State figures cited by the minister include a 10.4 LMT central allocation for rabi, 5.7 LMT received in Telangana, farmer purchases of 3.72 LMT so far versus 2.81 LMT last year, and a reported 2.15 KMT in stock.
- Farmers in parts of the Warangal region continue to report long waits and hardship, and local incidents include ration limits and crowding at cooperative outlets despite the app’s goal of curbing hoarding through OTP-based pickup linked to land records.