Oct 16, 2020
The Govt of Telangana state has publicized that it will built-up a 300-acre market exclusively for horticultural harvest.
The market is planned to be constructed at Kongar Kolan in Ranga Reddy district. “It will be modeled after the Azadpur Mandi in the national capital,” Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao said.
“The focus should be on marketing. We need to find suitable target markets abroad for horticultural produce. We need to promote those horticultural crops that have a huge demand in the domestic and international markets,” he said.
“The State grows horticultural crops on 10 lakh acres out of the total cropped area of 144 lakh acres.
The CM has asked the Horticulture Department to prepare a comprehensive Horticulture Cultivation Policy to bring in qualitative changes in the cultivation of horticultural crops”, a Chief Minister’s Official narrated.
The CM has directed the officials to visit other States to study and prepare a case report in the next three months. The Chief Minister said the Government would appoint an extension officer in each group, exclusively to take care of the horticultural crops.
“There is a need to expand the horticulture department. There should be special divisions in the Horticulture Department headed by senior officials to ensure quality in the produce,” he said.
He asked the officials to prepare a plan on how to expand the department. He also asked them to indicate additional staff required to strengthen the department for the smooth functioning of the project.