Hyderabad, July 28 -- Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy met Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan to request the allocation of 11.56 lakh houses to the state under PMAY (Gramin) 2.0, stating that rural housing construction was neglected during the previous government.

Additionally, he appealed to include Indiramma Housing construction under MGNREGS to enable beneficiaries to receive 90 days of employment while building their homes.

In view of the El Nino situation, the Chief Minister urged the Union Minister to include additional works under MGNREGS and requested the addition of 10 new categories of work to improve farmers' livelihoods.

He sought approval for specific works such as vegetable tr...