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Govt spends 2,000 cr on lakes plan: Harish
Irrigation and Marketing Minister T Harish Rao on Monday has said that the State government is spending Rs 2,000 crore for reviving lakes, water bodies and ponds to push minor irrigation in villages.
Hyderabad: Irrigation and Marketing Minister T Harish Rao on Monday has said that the State government is spending Rs 2,000 crore for reviving lakes, water bodies and ponds to push minor irrigation in villages.
The minister participated at the meeting organised to mark the oath-taking ceremony of Market Committee at Narsapur along with Deputy Speaker Padma Devender Reddy, MP K Prabhakar Reddy and others. Hansi Bhai took oath as Chairman and Madhava Reddy as Vice- Chairman of the new committee.
Addressing the meeting, Harish Rao said that Rs 1.5 cr will be released for the development of the committee and asked the officials to focus on providing facilities to the farmers. ``We have built scientific godowns spending Rs 15 crore in the districts and took steps for adequate stocks of fertilisers and seeds for farm activities.
Like no other state, Telangana government is offering free power supply to agriculture,’’ he claimed. Officials from several other states have visited our State for implementing Mission Kakatiya for lakes revival to boost minor irrigation besides appointing an agriculture extension officer for every 5000 acres of land.
‘’Now we plan to give Rs 8000 per acre for farmers towards investment and constituting coordination committees for accountability. Land survey will cleanse up the records in three months and every mandal will get a sub registrar office. Kaleshwaram water will be released to fill up lakes in Narsapur to irrigate 90000 acres. Farmers coordination committees will give place to those who will serve the farmers and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao is ready to do anything for the cause of the farmers, he added.
