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| "Central Government Schemes have boosted the fruit industry in Kashmir": Dr Darakhshan | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 16: Jammu & Kashmir Waqf Board Chairperson Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi today visited IGC Lassipora for the inauguration event held in the SICOP Complex here. Andrabi laid the foundation stone for a modern Cold Storage Facility with a huge storage capacity. This facility will be catering to the storage and preservation requirements of the fruit growers and traders from Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam and Anantnag districts. Later while addressing the gathering here, she underlined the crucial role of CA cold stores in strengthening the fruit industry and said several initiatives being taken up by the local entrepreneurs and the people related to the fruit industry of the valley with the help of the schemes of the Central Government to support farmers and improve agricultural infrastructure in Jammu & Kashmir. "During the past many years, we have seen horticultural boost in the whole of Jammu & Kashmir, as the Central government schemes have facilitated agriculturists with latest scientific interventions in boosting high density cultivations and providing financial support for upgrading the horticulture sector in Jammu & Kashmir. New fruits which were once alien to us are now being cultivated successfully here after benefitting from the schemes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Central government for holistic agricultural development in the Union Territory", said Dr Darakhshan. She said that the spirit of agro-entrepreneurship among our youth is changing the horticulture landscape of Jammu & Kashmir. The Waqf Chairperson hailed the spirit of contributing in infrastructural development by local youth which will benefit the fruit growers and traders a lot. Dr Andrabi was accompanied by BJP leaders Arshad Bhat, Rafiq Ahmad Wani and others. Later Dr Andrabi visited Dargah Hazratbal where she paid obeisance and took stock of the Shab-e-Ma'eraj arrangements. |
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