Top storyTelangana Minister Jupally Krishna Rao launched the Tholimudda programme at the MPDO office in Kollapur, Nagarkurnool district. He said Chief Minister Revanth Reddy introduced the programme to provide nutritious food to children aged three to six years, and directed that it be implemented properly at anganwadi centres. He later laid the foundation stone for a new ST boys' hostel building to be constructed in Kollapur at an estimated cost of Rs 2.50 crore under the Tribal Welfare Department, ordering officials to complete the work on schedule with quality standards.
Teams from STF Hyderabad, AC Enforcement Mahabubnagar, DTF Nagarkurnool and Kalwakurthy police conducted joint raids on Wednesday at Pochammagadda Thanda and Siloni Bavi Thanda in Veldanda mandal of Nagarkurnool district. Officials destroyed 1,450 litres of illicitly prepared FJ wash and seized 10 litres of ID liquor and 480 kg of jaggery. One person was arrested and six cases registered, officials said, adding that checks and raids against illicit liquor will continue.
Dantala Ramesh Babu of Kalvakurthy in Nagarkurnool district wrote that the research-based article 'Environmental destruction in Vikarabad forests', published on the Velugu Open Page on September 25, gave readers good awareness. He said a balanced climate is what allows flora and fauna to thrive in the rural areas of Vikarabad and Tandur, and that interior areas of Rangareddy district receive irrigation and drinking water. The Dindi Project, built on RR, Combined Palamuru and Devarakonda covering RR in parts of Nalgonda, is the property of Telangana farmers, he said, adding that public support is essential to protect the reserved forest.
