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Navin lays foundation stone for Kissan Mandi at Narsoo 5/6/2020 9:45:57 PM Early Times Report UDHAMPUR, May 6: To take stock of various developmental works and other projects being executed in concerned sectors in the Udhampur District, the Principal Secretary, Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal & Sheep Husbandry Navin Kumar Choudhary conducted a day long extensive tour of district and convened a meeting of Divisional and District level officers of the concerned departments to review the progress of works. During his whirlwind tour, Principal Secretary visited Shitramble, Malhar cluster sites of project Jeevika, where he inspected the progress of Jeevika project launched by the District Administration Udhampur. Deputy Commissioner Dr. Piyush Singla apprised the Principal Secretary about the project Jeevika, conceptualized for water conservation and gainful sustainable livelihood opportunities of small and marginal farmers in the district. He was informed that under this project 250 ponds are being constructed in convergence with MGNREGA in all panchayats of district out of which two clusters are completed while remaining 65 clusters are in progress. Mapping of 132 clusters have been done so far. He appreciated the District Administration for this unique initiative. He stressed on scaling up of the Jeevika clusters in the district so that the farmers’ community can avail maximum benefits of these projects in their respective areas. CAO was directed to set up multiple cropping systems at Padanoo site and prepare a detailed documentary of success stories of Jeevika project. He spelled out that Jeevika like models are the need of the hour for boosting the per capita agriculture income by shifting from orthodox farming to the high value cash crops. Later, the Principal Secretary also visited Narsoo where he laid the foundation stone of Kissan Mandi in presence of director Horticulture and marketing Imam Din. He informed that many catchment areas of the Kissan Mandi like Baasht, Pachote , Kud, Latti etc which are production hub of exotic vegetables wherein number of green house farms are also established and most of the produce sent to the major markets like Narwal and Udhampur Mandi.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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