Hyderabad, May 15 -- The "Toddy Musical Festival Experience" programme will be organised on May 24 at Experium Eco Park near Chilkur Balaji temple to promote Telangana's traditional toddy culture and support toddy tappers and palm cultivators.

Unveiling bottles of "Neera" (palm nectar) at a media conference in Somajiguda, Telangana BC Welfare and Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said the state government was also planning to make toddy and neera available in major and five-star hotels in Hyderabad.

Former minister V Srinivas Goud, MLC Gorati Venkanna and former MP Bura Narsaiah Goud were also present at the event.

The leaders said the 150-acre Experium Park was developed at a cost of Rs 500 crore and that 500 palm trees sourced from...