Cotton procurement from farmers at Adilabad Market Yard began with a delay of about five hours on Friday. Farmers' protest and traders' refusal to buy cotton created a tense atmosphere in the market. Adilabad BJP MLA Payal Shankar and Additional Collector Shyamala Devi intervened and held discussions with officials and traders. The market was closed on Thursday, and with the onset of the Sankranti festive season, a large number of farmers arrived with their cotton produce. Around 2,500 vehicles in the market yard.
Although the scheduled time for cotton procurement to begin was 8 a.m., it did not begin until noon. Concerned farmers staged a protest in front of the market yard office. They claimed that the cotton was brought to the market courtyard early in the morning from far-flung places and additional charges were demanded for the waiting time. He also demanded government intervention in the cotton procurement process.
On the other hand, traders refused to make purchases citing inability to clear cotton stock from ginning industries citing shortage of lorries. Cotton Traders Association President Raju Chintavar highlighted the consistent increase in transportation prices through lorries in the last three years by lorry owners, despite fluctuating diesel prices. This time, the increase was Rs 4,000, taking the transportation cost from Adilabad to Guntur to Rs 41,000 without loading charges.
Chintawar said the direct burden of increased prices fell on farmers as cotton stock prices remained stagnant due to shortage of lorries for transportation. On getting information about the matter, Adilabad MLA Payal Shankar and Additional Collector Shyamala Devi visited the market courtyard and held discussions with traders and protesting farmers. He urged both the lorry association and ginning industrialists to bring any problems to the notice of the administration and the state government and said that farmers should not face problems.
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