Telangana starts free, 24-hour power supply to farmers
The Telangana government on Monday launched a round-the-clock power supply to the state's 23 lakh farmers free of cost. Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao described the 24x7 agriculture power supply as a New Year's gift for the state's farmers. Officials said the state's power transmission and distribution system was strengthened at a cost of â¹12,610 crore over last three years.