AP News Digest: Atchannaidu Advises Farmers Not Get Worried Over Price Drop for Onions

Agriculture & Rural

Posted by AI on 2025-09-03 06:17:12 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-09-03 09:27:42

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Vijayawada: Minister of agriculture K. Atchannaidu has advised the farmers not to get worried about onions as the state government has announced the minimum support price and purchased 580 metric tonnes and started selling them in all Rytu Bazaars in the state. Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, the minister said that farmers in Kurnool district harvested 5,700 metric tonnes of onions. Its price had dropped drastically at due to heavy rains. He added that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu reviewed the situation on August 28 and announced the MSP at Rs.12 per kg and purchased 580 MT of onions so far. With regard to urea, the minister ruled out any shortage by saying that 6.59 lakh tonnes of urea was available and 5.64 lakh tonnes was distributed so far.

Nellore: Nellore Municipal Corporation commissioner Y.O. Nandan has said that the corporation has decided to cut down unnecessary expenditure and divert funds exclusively toward essential infrastructure development and public welfare works. Speaking with officials on Tuesday, the commissioner said corporation funds will not be spent on cultural or festival-related activities but will instead be used only for core development activities such as roads, drainage, street lighting, drinking water supply, greenery, and park maintenance. Nandan said, We will allocate corporation resources solely for the creation and maintenance of basic civic amenities. Extravagant spending on non-essential events will be completely stopped. He noted that in past years, crores of rupees had been spent on festivals, cultural, and spiritual programmes, along with manpower support from corporation staff. Under the new reforms, the corporation will henceforth restrict its role in such events to providing sanitation and drinking water supply alone.

Anantapur: YSRC president and former chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has accused Telugu Desam of having no courage to face elections. The ruling party butchered democracy by not allowing voters to exercise their franchise in the ZPTC by-polls, he charged. Jagan Mohan Reddy offered prayers at his father, late AP chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy's grave at Idupulapaya in Kadapa district on the occasion of YSR's death anniversary on Tuesday. Interacting with villagers before rounding off his three-day Pulivendula visit, Jagan Mohan Reddy maintained that the Pulivendula ZPTC by-election is a clear example of how a democratic process can be demeaned by not allowing people to vote freely.

Vijayawada: Two mandals, including Ibrahimpatnam and Penuganchiprolu, in NTR district bagged the Niti Aayog gold medals under Aspirational Block Programme as they achieved cent per cent results in six health indicators. The officials responsible for such an achievement have been honoured by presenting the medals and citations at a programme held at Thummalapalli Kalakshetram on Tuesday. The six indicators include: Registration of pregnant women, healthcare, hypertension screening, diabetes screening, nutrition to pregnant women, issue of soil test card and self-help groups revolving fund.

Visakhapatnam: The Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP) in Visakhapatnam completed an animal exchange programme with Kanpur Zoological Park on Monday, bringing eight new species to the coastal Andhra Pradesh zoo while contributing seven species. The exchanged animals include swamp deer, a striped hyena for bloodline exchange, common sand boa, red-crowned roof turtle, hog deer, kalij pheasant, ruddy shelduck and red sand boa from the Kanpur facility. In return, the Visakhapatnam zoo provided Kanpur with an asiatic wild dog (Dhole), a striped hyena for bloodline exchange, an Indian wolf, lutino parakeet, star tortoise, green iguana and barking deer. "This exchange brings six new species to the animal collection of IGZP, adding the newest attraction for our visitors," said G. Mangamma, curator of IGZP. The exchange involved a total of 42 animals, with IGZP receiving 17 animals across eight species and providing 25 animals across seven species to Kanpur zoo.

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