Hyderabad, Telgana's capital city depends on other states for vegetables and the problem has increased considerably over the past three years. Apparently, the prices of vegetables have skyrocketed in the city. To tide over the crisis, the state is planning to boost vegetable cultivation in the state.
T. Harish Rao, TS marketing minister, said, “We are taking steps to increase vegetable cultivation in the neighbouring districts of Hyderabad. We have identified the crop colonies exclusively for vegetable production. The government will provide incentives to farmers to encourage vegetable production. We need to attain self-sufficiency in vegetable production to keep prices within the reach of common man.”
The government has already started distributing subsidised vegetable seeds to farmers and has taken steps to procure vegetables directly from farmers. The government will bear the transportation costs, he added. The neighbouring districts such as Ranga Reddy, Medak, Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda used to be the major suppliers of vegetables to the capital city. Their place is currently occupied by Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan and AP.
Source: deccanchronicle.com
