TELANGANA

Claiming that government was according top priority for creation of Infrastructure in municipalities in the past few years, municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao said the government had spent 16,000 crore on developmental works in all the 141 municipalities in the last eight years.

He said the governmment was also giving priority for bringing reforms in the administration. “The Centre cannot afford to ignore the development ushered in by the State Government in towns and villages regardless of political affiliations.

The minister said that a comprehensive report will be distributed to all MLAs, MLCs and MPs during the next assembly session and municipal officers to let them know how the state government was trying to develop towns.

TheUnion jal shakti ministry assured that the detailed project reports (DPRs) of six IrrigationprojectsonGodavaririver submitted bygovernment would be cleared soon.

They would look into the issues raised by the State Government on the alleged illegal irrigation projects taken up by AP on Krishna river.

As per the decisions taken in the apex council meeting conducted on October 6, 2020, the jal shakti minister had requested chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to withdraw the case from The Supreme Court to consider referring the matter to a tribunal under section 3 of Inter-State River Water Disputes (ISRWD) Act 1956.

Cities and towns have a mammoth task of completing the remediation of around 18.2 crore tonnes of legacy municipal waste in the next four years to get rid of old dumpyards. The data put up on public domain by housing and urban affairs ministry on Monday indicates that so far around 4.3 crore tonnes of such waste out of the total 24.7 crore tonnes has been remediated by government agencies.
MaharashtraandTelanganahave remediated around 2.9 crore tonnes of the legacy waste, which accounts for nearly 67% of such waste treated so far across urban areas.

Officials said the data on legacy waste was provided by the urban entities of state governments when the Centre rolled out the Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 in October 2021, in which a major component was to get rid of the legacy waste by 2026.

Electronic waste recovery player Attero India will invest about Rs 600 crore to establish a new facility in . The proposed facility will provide direct EMPLOYMENT to more than 300 people and indirect employment to many more, according to IT and IndustriesMinister KT Rama Rao.

The new Investment announcement comes soon after the attracted cumulative investments worth Rs 2,450 crore from four companies this month. These investments have a potential to create employment to about 6,500 people. These came in from sectors as varied as lifesciences, edible oils and jewellery making and pharma. It also saw foundation stone laid for five projects in the life science segment. These involve an investment of Rs 1,100 crore and have potential to create employment to 3,000 people at the Genome Valley.

TelanganaIT and industries minister KT Rama Rao said the was willing to develop a dedicated industrial cluster for French companies, particularly Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

He said the state has a large land bank of about 2,00,000 acres with the Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC).

All these lands are very strategically located and have the best of high-quality infrastructure like power, water, waste disposal, connectivity, he said.

On the Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK), he said the government would train people at its own cost, transforming them into quality human Resources which also provides major EMPLOYMENT opportunities to the locals.
The companies that intended to invest in India can mention what other states were offering, Telangana would meet their offer, if not, beat their offer, the minister added.

is observed as the state festival of Telangana since the states inception in 2014.

It is a flower festival celebrated mainly in Telangana and several parts of Andhra Pradesh.

Bathukamma means Goddess of Life. It is a collection of flowers stacked one layer at a time and rising in a series of concentric circles like the gopuram in South Indian temples.

It is made using locally grown flowers like Gunugu puvvu (Celosia), Thangedu puvvulu (Cassia auriculata), Gummadi puvvulu (Cucurbita), Vaama puvvulu (Ajwain), Banthi puvvu (Marigold), Chamanthi puvvulu (Chrysanthemum) etc.

According to officials, the government may purchase the produce locally and it will also ensure that local produce does not travel to other locations.

Paddy output, this rainy season is going to be an issue for government and farmers, with a 43 per cent rise in cultivation compared to previous year. WhileFCIhas announced only 60 lakh tonnes will be procured, a yield of 1.38 crore tonnes is projected.

Interestingly, paddy extent has decreased this season to 52 lakh acres compared to 53 lakh acres in 2020 monsoons. However, output will be larger at 1.38 crore tonnes when compared to 96 lakh tonnes last time.

Singh said power generation from Srisailam would be allowed after meeting the water requirements for Irrigation and drinking water purposes in the basin.
The meeting was attended by irrigation officials from and Andhra Pradesh.

According to Telangana irrigation officials, irrigation special chief secretary informed the Board that earlier water allocations 512: 299 tmcft of total 811 tmcft in Krishna waters between AP and Telangana was temporary and applicable for only 2015-2016.

With this, the total number of ration cards would go up to 90.5 lakh in . The total number of beneficiaries would rise to 2.88 crore following addition of 8.65 lakh more members. The new cards will be issued between July 26 and July 31.

All these new beneficiaries can avail subsidised rice in fair price (FP) shops from August 1. Every member enrolled on the ration card is eligible for 6 kg of rice at a subsidised price of Re 1 per kg.

The State Government will have to spend an additional Rs 200 crore per annum to supply nearly 6,000 metric tonnes of rice to the 8.65 lakh new beneficiaries. The total expenditure of the state government on subsidised rice would go up to nearly Rs 2,800 crore per annum.

Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has expressed her unhappiness over universities in the state performing poorly in various rankings.

She advised all the VCs to focus and ensure that colleges and universities have proper like washrooms, classrooms, libraries, and hostel facilities, etc. She also asked them to provide details on measures taken to improve the quality of Education at the universities.