Updating farmers with the latest agricultural trends to achieve higher yields, optimization of resources and expenditure, and use of drones in farming: these are the main attractions of the three-day agricultural fair that was inaugurated by Central Jalshakti CR Patil on Saturday. Navsari Agricultural University. He was accompanied by Gujarat Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel and others. Patil also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of the road and building department development project of the provincial government in Tankal village of Navsari.
‘They earn money by working hard with the intention of not having financial problems for their seven generations. Similarly, water is also an important resource, and it should be saved for our future generations. Earlier, our ancestors could see rivers flowing unhindered. Now we see water being given in bottles to the guests, but if it cannot be saved, the time will come when water will be given in capsules,’ Patil warned that there may be shortage of water in the future.
He added, “Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Karmabhoomi to Janmabhoomi” appeal, people of Rajasthan living in Surat have committed to dig 1.40 lakh boreholes in various villages of Rajasthan. One structure costs around Rs 40,000. Surat is “Karmabhoomi” and Rajasthan is theirs.” Janmabhoomi” and they have started working on it.
Meanwhile, Gujarat Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel said, “Farmers’ welfare is the state government’s priority, and our government has fulfilled its promise of crop damage compensation to the state’s farmers.”
The minister said a total of Rs 1,372 crore has been given to more than 7.15 lakh farmers affected by heavy rains from July to September last year. He assured the farmers that the government would soon announce assistance for the damage to paddy crops in Navsari and South Gujarat.
Mentioning various farmer-oriented decisions such as relief in electricity tariff, easy and fast connection of electricity, prompt assistance for damage to crops, he linked the prosperity of the state and the nation with agricultural prosperity. He urged the farmers to take the path of economic prosperity through water conservation.
Patil also inaugurated the Rain Water Harvesting Unit at NAU. On that occasion, both the ministers also released a booklet related to agro-textile. Farmers will be given detailed information on various topics and techniques. In addition, an exhibition of fertilizer spreading will also be held in this fair with the help of drone technology. Also, more than 120 exhibition stalls have been set up to inform about scientific methods of crop production and various welfare schemes for farmers.
After the program of the Navy Association, Patil participated in another program of inauguration and foundation laying of various road extensions in Navsari district on Saturday. The program was organized by the Provincial Roads and Buildings Department. Among those projects, the 10-meter wide Rankuwa to Karanjaveli rural municipality road has been expanded into four slow roads. The road is 38.40 km long. Under this road section, four big and nine small bridges will be constructed within two years. The project is expected to reduce the number of accidents.
Addressing the gathering, Patil said, ‘Here in Gujarat there is a triple engine government, the development works in Gujarat reach directly to the last person. There is no state in the country that has achieved the triple engine of development (Centre, State and Local Bodies) of the Government in Gujarat. The role played by the third engine (local self-government organization) in bringing development work to the final stage in villages and districts.
He informed that Chikhli village was the first village in the country under the Adarsh Gram Yojana launched by the PM in 2014, where people were provided with 32 different types of facilities. More than 100 boreholes were constructed in Chikhli to collect rainwater with public participation. He appealed not to waste water.
He also informed that the work of 15,000 bores in Madhya Pradesh will be done by the businessmen who have taken responsibility and that the work has progressed. Similarly, bore structure work is being done in 10 districts of Bihar.
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