More than 1100 farmers are likely to take part in Sarkaar Kisan Milni
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, April 11-
CM Bhagwant Singh Mann will have a direct dialogue with the farmers of the state during first of its kind ‘Sarkar-Kisan Milni’ slated to take place at Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana on April 12 to save the precious groundwater of the state by promotion of less water guzzling varieties of paddy.
The Kisan Milni will be held at PAU on Saturday in which more than 1100 farmers are likely to take part. Several stalls will be installed during the Sarkar Kisan Milni to make the farmers aware about several initiatives being taken by the state government.
During the Milni the farmers will be apprised about the innovative and less water guzzling techniques of paddy transplant and the focus will be on motivating the farmers to use only the high yielding varieties of paddy approved by the PAU. The farmers will also be informed that in order to avoid complications to the farmers in selling their paddy harvest due to high moisture content in October, the state government has decided to advance the paddy cultivation season from June 1.