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Rao Urges Immediate Completion of Gopalagiri Oil Palm Factory
Errabelli Dayakar Rao wants an oil palm factory built soon at Gopalagiri.
The factory would help farmers near Thorrur process and sell their oil palm bunches nearby.
Rao said farmers currently face problems because they must transport their produce to distant places.
He said the earlier BRS government approved factories at Gopalagiri and Siddipet.
Nearly Rs.100 crore was set aside for the Gopalagiri project, according to Rao.
He alleged that construction has not gone beyond the foundation-stone ceremony.
Rao said oil palm could earn farmers about Rs.2 lakh per acre when grown according to agricultural advice.
He also accused government nurseries of providing poor-quality or over-aged seedlings.
He asked the Telangana government to finish the factory and address farmers’ concerns.
Former minister and BRS leader Errabelli Dayakar Rao urged the Telangana government to immediately resume construction of the Gopalagiri oil palm factory.
Rao said the previous BRS government sanctioned government-run oil palm factories at Gopalagiri and Siddipet.
Nearly Rs.100 crore was earmarked for the Gopalagiri project, but Rao alleged that it remains at the foundation-stone stage.
He said a local factory would reduce transport costs and improve marketing access for oil palm farmers around Thorrur.
Rao also alleged that Congress-government nurseries were supplying poor-quality and over-aged seedlings to farmers.
- Who
- Former minister and BRS leader Errabelli Dayakar Rao, and oil palm farmers in and around Thorrur.
- What
- Rao demanded that the Telangana government immediately resume and complete the sanctioned Gopalagiri oil palm factory.
- Where
- The issue concerns Gopalagiri in Thorrur mandal and the agricultural market in Thorrur, Telangana.
- When
- Rao inspected farmers’ oil palm bunches on Sunday; no calendar date was provided.
- Why
- Rao said a nearby factory would reduce transportation difficulties and provide farmers with local processing and marketing facilities.
Key facts
- Proposed facility
- Oil palm factory at Gopalagiri in Thorrur mandal
- Estimated allocation
- Nearly Rs.100 crore, according to Errabelli Dayakar Rao
- Reported status
- The project allegedly remains limited to foundation-stone laying
- Earlier sanctioned factories
- Gopalagiri and Siddipet, under the previous BRS government
- Affected farmers
- Oil palm growers in and around Thorrur
- Potential income
- Around Rs.2 lakh per acre when cultivation follows agricultural officials’ recommendations, according to Rao
- Seedling allegation
- Rao alleged that poor-quality and over-aged seedlings were being supplied by government nurseries
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