SRINAGAR, JUNE 12: Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura in presence of Minister for Education, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today laid the foundation stone of Cold Storage Plant at Sericulture Complex at Tulsi Bagh, Srinagar.
The cold storage plant is being constructed at a cost of Rs 1.25 crore
and it can preserve up to 10 crore seeds at one time and would be completed by 31 October
2017.
Minister for Agriculture said that cold storage would lend a new lease
of life to the sericulture sector here by increasing the life of a cocoon.
Mr Hanjura said that facility is basically built for the benefit of
farmers. He maintained efforts are being made to revive the cultivation of
mulberry plantation and survey is being carried out.
He further said that silkworm rearing would provide open employment
avenues for the unemployed youth of the state.
The Minister also said that new scheme envisioned by the present
government is infusing a new life in reviving the sericulture sector.
Mr Hanjura also impressed on the officers to strengthen the marketing
of sericulture products. He said that farmers often face problems in marketing
so, there is a need to develop reeling centers – which will
increase the value of cocoons.
He remarked that if we have 4 to 5 reeling centers, farmers would face
no problem in marketing their product. He also expressed his desire to restore
the lost glory of Kashmir's silk industry.
On this occasion Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari also said that silk factory
at Rajbagh would also be revived soon, which will give a boost to this
industry.
He stressed upon the preservation and cultivation of mulberry trees and
seeds.
The function was attended by Director Sericulture Development
Department, Mir Tariq Ali, Director Agriculture, Altaf Aijaz Andrabi, Director
Floriculture, Managing Director JK Agro Industries, Deputy Director Planning
Sericulture, District and Tehsil Sericulture Officers, other officials and
sericulture growers.
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