Hyderabad, Sept. 11 -- Amid urea shortage in Telangana, a farmer expressed gratitude to the Mahabubabad district police on Thursday, September 10, after receiving the fertiliser.

"Under the supervision of our superintendent of police Sudhir Ramnath Kekan, we received urea bags. This has brought us much relief," farmer Venkanna, a native of Thorrur mandal, said in a video post.

The fertiliser was distributed transparently to various farmer associations without any untoward incidents.

For the past month, Telangana has been witness to large-scale protests from frantic farmers over the urea shortage. Many were seen standing in front of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) in long queues for hours.

On August 29, farmers held a sit-...