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KCR keen to strengthen rural economy: Harish
The Chief Minister, K Chandrashekar Rao, is giving top priority to strengthen rural economy through a series of initiatives, said Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao. The chief ministers of other states were focusing on urban and industrial growth.
Irrigation Minister launches various developmental activities worth 300 crore in Warangal Rural district
Warangal: The Chief Minister, K Chandrashekar Rao, is giving top priority to strengthen rural economy through a series of initiatives, said Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao. The chief ministers of other states were focusing on urban and industrial growth.
But the Telangana CM was of the view that both villages and towns should be developed for an all round development of the State, he said adding the distribution of sheep to shepherd communities was such an initiative.
The programme could boost the rural economy on a massive level. Steps were taken for the health care of the cattle. Mobile clinics would reach the herd within half an hour of receiving call from shepherds and offer medical assistance, the Minister said.
Harish Rao along with Deputy Chief Minister K Srihari, Minister A Chandulal and others attended a sheep distribution programme at Narsampet agriculture market on Wednesday. During the last three years, Rs 120 crores were sanctioned for Narsampet development, he said.
Plans were afoot to ensure irrigation to about 30,000 acres under Pakhal lake ayacut this year, he added. Harish Rao toured several places in Warangal Rural district on the day and launched developmental activities worth about Rs 300 crore. He inaugurated market yard shed at the market, an urban residential school at Maheshwaram.
The Minister laid foundation stones for different development works worth Rs 250 crore at Nekkonda village. Later addressing a party meeting in Nekkonda, he said the Opposition parties, which failed to acknowledge the development activities by the government, were making false allegations.
The Deputy Chief Minister asked the Yadava and Kurma communities to make better use of sheep distribution programme and should not believe the middlemen. Besides providing free medical assistance the cattle would be provided insurance.
Later on the day, Harish Rao and the Deputy Chief Minister reviewed the progress of irrigation project works in the district. He said works worth Rs 560 crore have been taken up to repair SRSP canals aiming to provide irrigation facility to tail end farmers.
Last year the government had spent Rs 124 crore on the repairs and strengthening of the canal. The officials should expedite the works and ensure irrigation water to the fields in Parkal, Narsampet, Mahabubabad, Bhupalpalli and Dornakal constituencies.
Harish Rao, while warning the officials of serious action in case of laxity in executing the works, had asked the officials to complete the canal lining works by July 10. Under SRSP stage-I it was aimed to ensure irrigation to 9.68 lakh acres.
