The initiative funded by the Government of Telangana aims to expand groundnut production which is presently only cultivated on 0.3 million hectares of land in the State.
Weather forecasts look at the winter chill staging a comeback on Sunday and the minimum temperatures are expected to drop below 15 degree Celsius across the city.
Forest officials insisted on eviction of Gutti Koyas habitations from forest areas and discourage political promises for regularization of fresh encroachments.