Students going abroad for education to get jabs on priority in Telangana

HYDERABAD: The government's decision to start medical colleges along with the nursing institutions at Nagar Kurnool, Wanaparthy, Jagtial, Sangareddy, Mahbubabad and Kothagudem, and construction of a super speciality hospital on the existing jail premises in Warangal has been approved. Prisoners would be shifted to other jails. New jail complex with the latest amenities will be constructed in a sprawling area near Mamunur.
Students going abroad for higher studies will be vaccinated on priority based on their admission letters. The cabinet also approved the government's decision to extend BC reservations for ten years. The State formation day will be celebrated with limited people.
Home and intelligence officers were told to take stringent action against the manufacture and sale of spurious seeds, fertilisers and pesticides. Two additional director posts in the agriculture department were sanctioned. Lands will be identified to set up food processing zones and 10 food clusters.
Farmers will be encouraged to cultivate red gram and cotton during monsoon season and more rice mills will be set up. CM KCR will write a letter to the centre to procure the entire paddy produced in Telangana. The Cabinet also approved the state government's decision to extend rythu bandhu assistance from June 15 to 25.