Distressed maize farmers in the Tadoor mandal of Nagarkurnool district were forced to spend sleepless nights sleeping directly on the premises of the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society (PACS) office. Confronted by severe official lethargy, a critical shortage of gunny bags, and persistent procurement delays, farmers resorted to camping outdoors at the purchase centers just to secure a spot in line.
To avoid losing their turn or being forced to transport their heavy yields back home—which would incur crippling, repetitive transportation and tractor hire fees—the agriculturalists devised a desperate strategy. Farmers arriving from various surrounding villages began placing their land and identification documents in long, serpentine queues on the ground, weighing them down with stones to hold their positions overnight. Dozens of farmers literally slept on the floor outside the office premises alongside their piling auto-trolleys and tractors loaded with grain.
The ground-level crisis has triggered intense anger among the local farming community against the state administration. Protesters have openly alleged severe mismanagement, a complete lack of basic amenities like drinking water or shelter at the PACS centers, and a troubling lack of oversight that has allowed middlemen to reportedly hoard and sell essential gunny bags in the open market. This logistical gridlock comes despite high-level government assurances to fast-track crop procurement, leaving vulnerable farmers exposed to unseasonal weather and mounting financial distress.