Annual turnover
of Rs 31.23 cr from flower production
SRINAGAR, JULY
20: The Advisor to Governor, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai today highlighted
the huge potential of the Floriculture department in the state and asked the
department to adopt best practices to scale up Floriculture based
entrepreneurship in the state.
The Advisor made
these remarks while chairing the meeting to review the functioning of
Floriculture Department.
Secretary
Floriculture Department Talat Parvez Rohella, Director Floriculture Kashmir
Mathura Masoom, Director Floriculture Jammu Babila Rakwal, Director Finance
Floriculture Department Pritam Singh Rakwal, Additional Secretary Floriculture
Sukhdev Singh Sambyal and various other officers attended that meeting.
The meeting was
informed that to ensure smooth functioning of the department various
initiatives have been taken, besides submission of proposals for the
future developments.
The Advisor
directed the officers to come up with the comprehensive plan so that
target achieving mechanism could be initiated for tangible results on ground.
The Secretary
raised several issues with the Advisor which include dearth of staff,
e-ticketing of Mughal gardens, besides extension of developmental works in
Bagh-e-Bahu Fort and Tulip Garden and sought their immediate resolution.
The Advisor
sought details regarding the developmental works carried out in past and
directed the concerned for creating public places like parks in every district.
It was given out
that 3973 registered growers with Floriculture Department and 571 parks have
been already developed in the state.
Ganai asked the
officials to improve quality of delivery besides, ensuring proper monitoring of
developmental programs initiated by the department.
Talat Parvez informed the meeting that there has been an annual turnover
of 31.23 crore from both loose flower and cut flower production and 5.33 crore
revenue has also been generated from Tulips. Anganwadi workers call off
six months old strike.
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