Agra
Forward of the meeting elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath govt has suffered a significant setback. Telangana has banned the availability of potatoes from UP. Potato rising farmers of Agra in Uttar Pradesh also are very offended about this. He advised that because of superb harvest ultimate time, there may be numerous potato left in his inventory. In one of these state of affairs, if Telangana does no longer raise the ban on potato imports, then it’ll must be thrown at the street.
On the similar time, the Telangana govt says that contemporary potatoes have began being produced in enough amount of their state. In one of these state of affairs, why would he purchase outdated potatoes saved within the chilly garage of Agra? In a file revealed in The Indian Specific, Alamgir, common secretary of the Agra Potato Utpadak Kisan Samiti, stated that about 500 sacks of 50-50 kg potatoes are loaded on 100 vehicles from UP to Telangana on a daily basis. Of those, 50 to 60 vehicles pass from Agra by myself.
He advised that 700 to 800 vehicles of potatoes pass from UP to many states of the rustic on a daily basis. Of those, about three-fourth is going simplest to Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Potatoes must be thrown at the street
Dungar Singh, proprietor of a chilly retailer, advised that there used to be a bumper crop of potatoes in Agra ultimate yr. On account of this, 4 to five p.c i.e. 50 to 60 lakh kg of potato sacks were stored from the former crop, that have been preserved in chilly garage. If Telangana refuses to shop for those, we will be able to need to throw it at the street as a result of we want a spot to retailer the contemporary plants that are available February.
Agriculture Minister defended the verdict
On the similar time, Telangana Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy has defended his govt’s determination relating to this. He stated that the potatoes that are coming from Uttar Pradesh are from ultimate yr’s crop. They had been saved in chilly shops. He wondered why we will have to consume ultimate yr’s ‘stale’ potatoes when new potatoes from the crop produced in Telangana have arrived in Rythu marketplace. He stated that Telangana is probably the most appropriate position for potato manufacturing. Particularly since we have now mounted the irrigation gadget. He stated that we’re operating with the target of manufacturing and buying and selling contemporary potatoes.
Potato crop in UP
In Uttar Pradesh, potatoes are most often sown in mid-October or early November. It’s harvested in overdue February or first week of March. UP farmers promote one 5th of the crop. The remainder are saved in chilly shops in order that it may be bought until the following crop in November. Right through this era, contemporary potato consignments come to the marketplace in some portions of Himachal, Punjab, Karnataka, Maharashtra and UP additionally.
Potato cultivation might be executed in Telangana
Potatoes was imported in huge amounts from UP in Telangana, however now the federal government there has banned it. In Telangana, particularly in Zaheerabad house of Sangareddy district, potato is being cultivated in 3500 to 4,000 acres at this time. Preserving in thoughts the crop variety within the state, the Telangana govt has began emphasizing at the manufacturing of potatoes. The Agriculture Minister stated that there’s scope for potato cultivation in Telangana on land of 1 lakh acres or extra. He stated that it’ll take a little time however we’re operating in this function.
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