Focus on tourism, aim for 15 per cent growth in Palnadu: Lanka Dinakar

20-Point Programme Committee Chairperson Lanka Dinakar (centre) holding a reappraisal gathering with Palnadu territory officials connected Wednesday.

State 20-Point Programme Committee Chairperson Lanka Dinakar directed officials to enactment towards achieving a 15 per cent maturation complaint successful Palnadu district.

Addressing a reappraisal gathering with section heads astatine the Collectorate successful Narasaraopet connected Wednesday, helium emphasised the untapped imaginable of tourism successful the region, highlighting the scope for temple tourism, Buddhist practice sites, and scenic spots similar Nagarjuna Sagar and Kondaveedu Fort.

Dinakar urged the mentation of elaborate task reports (DPRs) to pull authorities backing and backstage concern successful tourism. He reviewed aggregate departments including Agriculture, Housing, Animal Husbandry, DWMA, and Rural Development, stressing the request to instrumentality Central and State payment schemes effectively.

He called for the enlargement of earthy farming from 50,000 to 1.25 lakh acres and accrued consciousness connected the PM Fasal Bima Yojana. Expressing interest implicit non-functional h2o taps nether the Jal Jeevan Mission, helium questioned the rationale down incomplete infrastructure projects.

Dinakar instructed officials to beforehand the PM Surya Ghar star scheme, guarantee the benefits of schemes similar PM Vishwakarma and drone subsidies scope eligible beneficiaries, and curb misappropriation successful escaped atom distribution. District Collector P. Arun Babu, meanwhile, assured steps to present services efficiently and destruct poorness done due implementation of the 20-Point Programme.

Published - May 14, 2025 08:26 p.m. IST