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Telangana seeks Centre funds as power hits ₹15 per unit
The Hindu··5d ago
Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said a state delegation led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy will meet the Prime Minister in New Delhi for a special financial package over El Nino risks. He urged farmers to skip a second crop. Electricity is now hard to procure even at ₹15 per unit, he said, compared with ₹7-8 per unit earlier.
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What It Means For You
- Farmers in Telangana face official advice to avoid planting a second crop this season.
- Higher power procurement costs can feed into tariffs and supply decisions statewide.
- Officials were told to prepare for drinking water shortages as groundwater levels fall.
What's Happening
- The minister spoke in Kusumanchi after distributing Kalyana Lakshmi cheques on Sunday.
- The delegation will seek extra workdays under the VB-G RAM G Scheme, he said.
- He laid foundation stones for an overhead tank, pipelines and BT roads in the mandal.
El Nino planning in southern states
- Reddy cited anticipated intensification of El Nino conditions in his remarks.
- The state government said it is working to protect the first crop already cultivated.
- He attributed tight power supply to shortages reported across the country.
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