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| Safeguard of fruit growers supreme: Dilawar | | |
Srinagar, October 04 – Saying that safeguard of the interests of fruit growers was supreme to government, Minister for Horticulture, PHE, Irrigation and Tourism, Mr. Mohammad Dilawar Mir today directed for stringent action against touts responsible for creating artificial scarcity of trucks for transportation of fresh fruits from valley to the terminal fruit markets of the country.
Speaking at a high level meeting held here today to review availability of trucks for transportation of fruit from the valley, Minister asked the fruit growers and traders fraternity to help in identifying touts and fake transport agencies so that stringent action under law is taken against them. He said a delegation of the senior officers of agricultural production department and representatives of fruit growers and traders would be sent to neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana to arrange adequate number of emply trucks for transportation of fruits from the valley.
MLA Shopian, Mr. Ghulam Hassan Khan, Transport Commissioner, Mr. Tikoo, Principle Secretary Agriculture Mr. S S Sahni, secretary Agriculture Mr. K. B. Jandial, director Horticulture Planning and Marketing, Mr. Showkat Ahmad Zargar, Director Horticulture Kashmir, RTO Kashmir and representatives of the various fruit growers and traders associations of the valley were present in the meeting.
Responding to the suggestions of the fruit growers and traders, Minister said a modern weigh bridge would be installed at Lower Munda to check overloading of fruit by the truckers. He said government would leave no stone unturned to promote horticulture industry on modern lines. He said Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) has been launched to provide price support to the fruit growers which would also help to improve grading and packaging of the fruits to withstand stiff market competition. He said cold storage facilities would be extended up to all fruit and vegetable mandis of the state. Besides, market Regulation act has been implemented to generate resources for up-keep of the fruit mandis and to create best possible basic infrastructural facilities there.
The Minister assured the fruit growers and traders that a perspective plan would be formulated for development of various fruit mandies of the state on modern lines. |
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