Hyderabad, Aug. 12 -- Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, August 12, ordered officials to crack down on rice millers defaulting on the Custom Milled Rice (CMR) targets and collect outstanding dues down to every last grain.

He was conducting a meeting with Civil Supplies Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy and other officials from the department.

He accused the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government of allowing dues of thousands of crores to accumulate and then putting the burden of recovery on the current government.

The Chief Minister directed officials to formulate various strategies for the collection of dues and to submit a report to the Cabinet Sub-Committee. Appropriate action will be taken based on the committe...