Hyderabad, October 19: In an effort to popularise organic farm products, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah this evening inaugurated a stall marketing fruits and vegetables devoid of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister noted that use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides had rapidly increased over a period posing health hazards and called for switching over to consumption of healthy organic food products.
The stall put up near the Secretariat would market fruits and vegetables cultivated using only organic manure to increasing number of health-conscious elites in the city.
—–Agencies