Archive · 20 Aug 2026
Telangana Sanctions Rs 17.72 Crore for Khanapuram Fruit Market
The government has approved money to finish a fruit market in Khanapuram.
The market is in Khammam.
It was started earlier but was not completed.
Because of this, fruit sellers have been working beside roads.
This has made trading difficult and created problems for traffic and cleanliness.
The new funds will pay for shops, sheds, roads, lights, toilets and water facilities.
A large machine for weighing goods will also be installed.
Traders welcomed the decision because the finished market can give them a permanent and organized place to work.
The State government sanctioned Rs 17.72 crore to complete and develop the Khanapuram Integrated Fruit Market Yard in Khammam.
The incomplete project has forced fruit traders to conduct business along roadsides, causing traffic, weather and sanitation problems.
The works include shopping and traders’ shops, covered sheds, roads, flooring, electricity, tower lights and a compound wall.
Planned amenities include a 60-metric-tonne electronic weighbridge, farmers’ rest house, toilets and a 90,000-litre overhead reservoir.
Agriculture and Marketing Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao directed officials to speed up construction and bring the market into use soon.
- Who
- The State government, supported by Agriculture and Marketing Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, and fruit traders in Khanapuram are involved.
- What
- The government sanctioned Rs 17.72 crore for completing and developing the Khanapuram Integrated Fruit Market Yard.
- When
- The articles do not specify when the sanction was issued.
- Where
- Khanapuram in Khammam.
- Why
- To complete the long-pending market project and provide traders with a permanent, organized facility instead of roadside trading.
- Sanctioned amount
- Rs 17.72 crore
- Project
- Khanapuram Integrated Fruit Market Yard
- Weighbridge
- Electronic weighbridge with a 60-metric-tonne capacity
- Water facility
- 90,000-litre overhead service reservoir
- Roads and flooring
- Rs 3.11 crore allocated for CC flooring and internal road development
- Covered shed
- Rs 2.22 crore allocated for construction of a new covered shed
- Other amenities
- Farmers’ rest house, toilet block, shops, electricity, tower lights and compound wall