Hyderabad, Aug. 19 -- Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Tuesday, August 19, said that there is a shortfall of urea for farmers by almost three lakh metric tonnes this Kharif season. Stating that while 8.30 lakh metric tonnes of urea had been allocated to Telangana for Kharif, only 5.32 lakh metric tonnes has been supplied so far by the Centre.

Revanth urged the central government to immediately supply urea to the farmers of Telangana in accordance with their sanctioned requirements. Congress Members of Parliament from Telangana on Tuesday also held a protest and raised the issue with union ministers, highlighting the problems arising from the inadequate supply of urea to the state despite the approved allocation.

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