Telangana schemes going national, says urban development minister KT Rama Rao

Municipal administration and urban development minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday said several schemes anddevelopment programmes, which were first launched inTelanganaare now being implemented across the country.

Rao said the Union governments Jal Jeevan, Rythu Bandhu and now Nagar Van are schemes inspired by governments development programmes. After Rythu Bandhu, the Centre has come up with Pradhan Mantri Kisan Yojana, which is benefiting about 16 crore farmers, he said.

According to the forest department, so far, 220 crore saplings had been planted under Haritha Haram at a total cost of Rs 5,900 crore. This year, the target is to plant 20 crore saplings and distribute six saplings to each household, said forest minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy.