Telangana to sell tur dal at special counters

Hyderabad: The Telangana state government will open 10 special counters in the city in the next two days to sell pulses at subsidised rates. The government will sell grade-I variety of tur dal at Rs 165 per kg and grade-II variety at Rs 135 per kg through these special counters.

The government had sold onions from special counters at Rs 20 a



kg in August after the prices had crossed Rs 80 per kg in the retail market. Of the 10 tur dal special counters, two will come up in Rythu Bazaars at Erragadda and Falaknuma.

The others will be at Begum Bazaar, Mangalhaat, New Bhoiguda, Chandrayangutta, Addagutta, Golnaka and Saidabad and one more at the Secretariat.