K. Chandrashekar Rao, the Chief Minister of Telangana, suggested farmers to grow cotton in this Monsoon.
On the 29th of March, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President asked the State farmers to cultivate cotton in 75 to 80 lakh acres of land. Mr. Rao said, “Since cotton produced in the State is of high quality with high yield besides commanding a higher price as well, farmers should be ready to grow cotton in 75 to 80 lakh acre during the monsoon season.”
Janardhan Reddy, the Principal Secretary (Agriculture) was directed to make all the necessary arrangements for procurement of cotton seed. Besides Cotton, the Telangana farmers were also asked to cultivate red gram in 20 to 25 lakh acre in the State.
Pointing out that paddy was cultivated in 52.76 lakh acre in the State this summer season, he said the yield was expected to touch 1.17 crores metric tonne of coarse variety paddy and 21 lakh metric tonne of fine variety paddy.
The Chief Minister instructed Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to identify lands to be given on lease to the Central Warehousing Corporation who are ready to construct additional godowns in the State to store the foodgrains.
Janrdhan Reddy said, “Farmers from Suryapet district are complaining that tail-end lands are not getting water. Officials should ensure that water is supplied to tail-end lands. Not even a single acre should dry up due to lack of water.”
The Chief Minister instructed Engineer in Chief B. Shankar over the phone to supply Kaleshwaram water to tail end lands in Suryapet district under the jurisdiction of Lower Manair Dam to DBM-71.
Ministers Niranjan Reddy, E.Dayakar Rao, Satyavathi Rathod, Civil Supplies Corporation Chairman Mareddy Srinivas Reddy, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, CM Principal Secretary S. Narsing Rao, Secretary Bhoopal Reddy, Principal Secretary (Finance) Ramakrishna Rao, Principal Secretary (Agriculture) Janardhan Reddy, Civil Supplies Commissioner Anil Kumar, the FCI General Manager Ashwini Gupta and others participated in the meeting.
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