Lady’s Finger at Re 1 a kg, farmers dump produce on road
Kovvur (West Godavari), July 12: Piqued over fixing price of Re 1 per kg of Lady’s Finger by middlemen, farmers dumped the produce on road at Dommeru in Kovvur mandal of West Godavari district today. The famers alleged that middlemen fixed a price of Re 1 per kg of Lady’s Finger and expressed their ire and frustration by dumping the crops in streets. Vehicular traffic came to a standstill due to the protest. The farmers demanded the government to take necessary steps for providing remunerative price to their produce. Speaking to the media, the farmers said that they purchased the seed for the cultivating crop at Rs 4,000 kg and invested thousands of rupees.