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The Praja Prabhutvam (People’s government) has taken up operation of godowns (warehouses) with a retention capableness of much than 5 lakh metric tonnes to augment the warehousing capableness successful the State for the payment of farmers, Minister for Revenue, Housing and Information & Public Relations Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy said.
The operation of these godowns would beryllium completed successful the adjacent 3 years, the Minister said, adding that the erstwhile authorities accrued the godown capableness to 3 lakh metric tonnes successful 10 years aft the enactment of Telangana.
He was speaking aft laying the instauration chromatic for a acold retention portion of 9,700 MT capableness astatine an estimated outgo of ₹15 crore astatine M Venkatayapalem colony successful Khammam agrarian mandal connected Wednesday.
He said the acold retention portion would beryllium completed wrong 1 twelvemonth and it would beryllium to beryllium a boon for farmers to store their agriculture and horticulture produce.
Outlining the Congress government’s payment initiatives for farmers, helium said the fiscal assistance nether the Rythu Bharosa was accrued to ₹12,000 per acre and harvest loans worthy ₹21,000 crore were waived benefitting 25 lakh farmers.
To beforehand sustainable agriculture and boost farmers’ income, the State authorities is providing prime seeds to farmers, helium said, adding that they had fought for the State’s owed stock of urea connected behalf of the State farming assemblage successful protestation against the Central government’s apathy successful New Delhi past month. The urea contented volition beryllium resolved successful the adjacent 1 week.
Later, the Minister participated successful the housewarming ceremonies of respective beneficiaries of the Indiramma Housing Scheme astatine Arempula colony successful Khammam agrarian mandal.
Telangana State Warehousing Corporation (TGSWC) Chairman R. Nageshwar Rao, Khammam Collector Anudeep Durishetty and others were present.
