Vizianagaram: Ours is a farmer-friendly government, says Dy CM P PushpaSreevani

Vizianagaram: "Ours is a farmer-friendly government. We always support farming community," said Deputy Chief Minister P PushpaSreevani here on Saturday.

She was inaugurating the Rythu Bharosa Kendram (RNK) in Mentada mandal under Salur constituency in the district.

MLA P Rajanna Dora and District Collector M.Hari Jawaharlal were among others present at the programme.

Speaking on the occasion, Pushpasreevani said the government was determined to make farming profitable. Around 624 RBKs would be established in the district. The farmers can avail several services from these centres. They can get seeds, fertilisers, pesticides and even they can sell their produce in the centres, she said.

An agriculture assistant would be available at the centres to help farmers. The YSRCP government believed that the election manifesto was a Bible. Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy would never go back on his promise, she asserted. MLA Rajanna Dora said the Chief Minister had sanctioned a minor irrigation scheme at Gurla village. It would help 4,500 farmers.