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EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 13: In a bid to further increase the area under saffron cultivation and in order to ensure increased production the state Government has decided to install 35 bore wells in the Saffron bowl of Pampore in Pulwama district.
Official reports said that tenders were being invited for supply, installation and commissioning of submersible type pumping equipments, motor control operating panels including all allied electro mechanical works for harnessing of 35 bore wells for providing irrigation to saffron crop in Pampore and its adjoining areas.
This was being done under a multi-crore national saffron mission in Jammu and Kashmir. Official reports said that already some bore wells had been dug which had helped the saffron growers to increase the production of the cash crop which has market even in various foreign countries. The entire scheme is being financed by the Government of India.
According to an official report, the Central Government has launched the National Saffron Mission (NSM) in Jammu and Kashmir to boost saffron production in the state. As part of the Rs 3.76 billion programme, the state authorities plan to construct bore-wells to improve the irrigation facilities.
"Under this project, we have arranged bore-wells in the saffron growing belts. And we are digging bore-wells and when the bore-wells would be dug, water will be available in the fields and then the quality of flowers would improve," said Ghulam Hassan Mir, Agriculture Minister.
The programme was launched after the Prime Minister's Office took initiatives to boost the economy of Jammu and Kashmir.
"We will receive benefits. We really require this Mission and if it is implemented, the growers will be benefited," said Raja Mushtaq, a saffron grower.
Saffron is sold for Rs 270,000 per kilogram in the domestic market, and offers livelihood to saffron farmers in five districts across the state.
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