300 acres sanctioned for horticulture facility

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has sanctioned 300 acres for the setting up of a Centre of Excellence in Horticulture within the campus of agriculture university at Rajendranagar for research activity into modern techniques of horticulture crops. At a review meeting to discuss horticulture programmes in the State, Mr. Rao asked officials to come up with a horticulture policy in the context of Telangana State, its requirements, soils and climatic conditions.