Inaugurates renovated office building, meeting hall of CADP at Lal Mandi
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 24: Minister
for Agriculture, Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura today said that State Government is
keen to promote Agri Business in the state for boosting agriculture production
and economy.
The Minister was interacting with senior officers of Agriculture
department after inaugurating the renovated office building of Command Area
Development Programme (CADP) and meeting hall at Lal Mandi Srinagar that were
damaged in 2014 Floods.
The Minister said that command area Development programme should play a
pivotal role in introducing high technology agriculture machinery to farmers
with the objective to boost crop production and improve quality of agriculture
operations.
The Minister also said that CADP can bridge the gap between the
Irrigation potential and utilization through micro level infrastructure
development and efficient farm water management to enhance agricultural
production and productivity.
The Agriculture Minister said that 2014 flood caused extensive damage to
Agriculture sector. He said that infrastructure of Command Area Development
Programme was also damaged and it was top priority of state government to
reconstruct the damaged property of agriculture department.
Under Prime Ministers development package, Rs 28.48 lakh were utilized
for maintenance of office building of Command Area Development Programme and
Meeting Hall at Lal Mandi. Besides Rs 2.46 lakh were utilized for installation
of Audio Video System and other machinery equipments for the meeting hall.
On the occasion the Minister directed field functionaries to reach out
to the farmers to spread awareness regarding various welfare schemes meant for
farmers and educate them about the modern crop production technologies.
Agriculture Minister said that mission of the Agriculture department is
to improve the overall environment and beautification of agriculture sector.
He said under the leadership of Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti is
committed for development in all three regions of the State. He said concerted
efforts are being made to fulfill aspirations of the people, as the coalition
government has initiated several developmental programmes in the State.
Principal Secretary Agriculture Production Department, Sundeep Kumar
Nayak, Secretary Agriculture, Showkat Ahmad Beg, Director Command
Area Development, Kashmir, Itrat Hussain
Rafiqi, Director Agriculture Kashmir, Altaf Aijaz Andrabi and other senior
officers of the Agriculture Department were present on the occasion.
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