Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has ordered the officials of the Agricultural Marketing Department (AMD) to implement the projects taken up at a cost of ₹16,405 crore under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) scheme of the Central government on a war-footing in order to complete them in one year.
In a review meeting on AIF on Thursday, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy suggested that focus be laid on the construction of warehouses and cold storages, establishment of primary processing centres, drying platforms etc.
The officials told the Chief Minister that 4,200 warehouses, cold rooms and drying platforms were targeted to be built across the State. Lands were identified for 1,165 warehouses / drying platforms and construction work started at 510 locations, they added.
