Farmers from villages in Nizampet mandal staged a protest at the Ryalamadugu sub-station in Sangareddy on Thursday, demanding uninterrupted electricity for the agriculture sector as standing Vanakalam paddy crops approach harvest. They said limited supply and fluctuations were damaging borewell pumpsets and transformers and putting crops at risk.
According to Telangana Today, the farmers said agricultural power supply was being limited to about eight hours a day during the crop season. With the paddy harvest expected in a month, they asked the government to provide 24-hour power for at least the next month so they could complete the crop cycle.
The protest focused on the reliability of the electricity network as well as the duration of supply. Farmers said fluctuations had caused borewell pumpsets and transformers to burn out at several locations. They alleged that the resulting failures were interrupting irrigation and leaving crops vulnerable to drying up.
The demand places the local power network under pressure at a critical point in the agricultural calendar. Farmers relying on borewells need electricity not only to run pumps but also to sustain irrigation until harvesting. Equipment damage can add repair or replacement costs and extend interruptions beyond the period of any scheduled power supply.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi workers joined the protest and accused Narayankhed Congress MLA Patlolla Sanjeeva Reddy of failing to respond to farmers’ concerns. The allegation was made by the protesting political workers and was not accompanied in the report by a response from the MLA.
Farmers and BRS leaders also organised similar protests across the erstwhile Medak district over power cuts. In Siddipet district, farmers staged a rasta-roko at the Raipole mandal headquarters and raised slogans against Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy. They alleged that the State government had failed to ensure 24-hour power supply to the farm sector.
The protests highlight the dependence of crop production on the performance of local electricity infrastructure. In this case, the farmers’ immediate request is for continuous supply during the final month before harvest, while their complaints also point to the consequences of voltage or supply instability for pumpsets and transformers.
The report did not specify whether the electricity authorities had announced a revised supply schedule, inspected the damaged equipment or committed to the requested 24-hour supply. The next official response from the government or power distribution authorities will determine whether the farmers’ demand leads to an operational change before the expected harvest.
