Archive · 22 Aug 2026
MLA Koram Kanakaiah Promotes Smart Ration Cards, Drought-Resilient Crops
MLA Koram Kanakaiah visited several villages in Bayyaram mandal on Friday.
He gave smart ration cards to families who were eligible for government benefits.
He also spoke with farmers about choosing crops that need less water.
The advice came after reduced rainfall in the state, which the article links to El Nino.
At a farmer’s field, he helped demonstrate threshing sorghum and sowing green gram.
He also started development works costing Rs.
30 lakh.
These works include compound walls for a government school and an Anganwadi centre.
He thanked a person who donated land for a government school.
MLA Koram Kanakaiah distributed smart ration cards to eligible beneficiaries at Santulal Podu Tanda.
He urged farmers to choose short-duration, low-water crops instead of paddy amid reduced rainfall linked to El Nino.
Kanakaiah led a field demonstration involving sorghum threshing and green gram sowing.
He laid the foundation for development works worth Rs. 30 lakh in Kothapeta-Gandhampalli gram panchayat.
The projects include compound walls for a government school and an Anganwadi centre, while a land donor was felicitated.
- Who
- Koram Kanakaiah, MLA, along with local representatives, officials, farmers and villagers.
- What
- A village tour involving smart ration card distribution, crop-awareness activities and the launch of local development works.
- When
- Friday; the article does not provide a specific date.
- Where
- Several villages in Bayyaram mandal, including Santulal Podu Tanda and Kothapeta-Gandhampalli gram panchayat.
- Why
- To distribute welfare cards, advise farmers on water-saving crops amid reduced rainfall, and support local development and education.
- Official
- Koram Kanakaiah, MLA
- Location
- Bayyaram mandal
- Welfare initiative
- Distribution of smart ration cards to eligible beneficiaries
- Agricultural advice
- Consider short-duration, drought-resilient and intercrop cultivation instead of paddy
- Development funding
- Rs. 30 lakh sanctioned by the Panchayat Raj department
- Planned works
- Compound walls for a government school and an Anganwadi centre
- Education support
- Venkateswara Rao was felicitated for donating land for a government school