Airport Project to Hit Castor Areas in AP

October 25, 2007	(Be the first to rate this story!)  Loading ...
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The booming real estate of Hyderabad has brought a bad time for the agriculture sector in the city. The new airport project at Shamshabad has hit the castor crop field in Mahboobnagar, which leads in castor area in Andhra Pradesh.

Out of the normal area of 1.42 lakh hectares, castor has been in 1.24 lakh ha during the Kharif season, which ended earlier this season.

The total castor area in Andhra Pradesh for the year is put at 2.35 lakh ha this year against 2.02 lakh ha last year. The average for last three years is 2.70 lakh ha. The state has acquired some new castor fields in districts like Kurnool; the loss in the traditional areas could not give a push to its national share of 25%.

The proposed airport project falls in Rangareddy District. Castor area has already reduced by 30-40% in the past to years here and Nalgonda district. Now, the project will force the farmers to loose the remaining area as well.

No farmer will grow castor if they would be getting a whopping Rs 1-2 crore for an acre, says Mr. Rajender Prasad Agarwal, President, AP OIL Millers’ Association.

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