Telangana at the top in paddy production: KCR

Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday said the state has succeeded in achieving top slot in paddy production with the efforts of the state government, in a public meeting in Ranga Reddy district.

The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme, constructed on the Godavari basin, helped the agriculture sector on a large scale, he said. Rao also said that continuous water supply for irrigation and uninterrupted power has paved the way for progress in the state.

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He said that the green cover in the state has increased by 7.7 percent over the past few years. He praised the government machinery’s active efforts in increasing the green cover of the state and said that the government had allotted about Rs 100 crore for the fruit plantation expansion drive.