<p class="title">Soon, you will be able to buy millets from Hopcoms shops and stalls as the government is considering a proposal from officials to provide funds and infrastructure for such an arrangement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Inaugurating the grape and watermelon mela here on Monday, Agriculture Minister Shivashankara Reddy promised to clear a proposal submitted by the officials to facilitate easy buying of millets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“A discussion will be held with officials very soon. The Hopcoms building at the Hudson Circle is being demolished. A plan has been prepared to replace it with a structure for the agriculture department at an estimated cost of Rs 20 crore. The ground floor of the new building will have enough space for Hopcoms sales,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reddy said there was a need to study which districts do not have Hopcoms shops and make efforts to open the same.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MLA Ramalinga Reddy said the government should provide funds for opening new Hopcoms shops.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The civic body will fund one such shop in the city, he said. As part of the mela, the shops are selling grapes and melons at a 10% discount.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The prices of the fruits, as well as the vegetable, will be available on www.hopcoms.kar.nic.in. </p>
<p class="title">Soon, you will be able to buy millets from Hopcoms shops and stalls as the government is considering a proposal from officials to provide funds and infrastructure for such an arrangement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Inaugurating the grape and watermelon mela here on Monday, Agriculture Minister Shivashankara Reddy promised to clear a proposal submitted by the officials to facilitate easy buying of millets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“A discussion will be held with officials very soon. The Hopcoms building at the Hudson Circle is being demolished. A plan has been prepared to replace it with a structure for the agriculture department at an estimated cost of Rs 20 crore. The ground floor of the new building will have enough space for Hopcoms sales,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reddy said there was a need to study which districts do not have Hopcoms shops and make efforts to open the same.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MLA Ramalinga Reddy said the government should provide funds for opening new Hopcoms shops.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The civic body will fund one such shop in the city, he said. As part of the mela, the shops are selling grapes and melons at a 10% discount.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The prices of the fruits, as well as the vegetable, will be available on www.hopcoms.kar.nic.in. </p>