CM to hold talks with farmers at ‘Sarkar-Kisan Milni’ today

Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann will have a direct dialogue with farmers of the state during the ‘Sarkar-Kisan Milni’ slated to take place at Punjab Agriculture University, here, 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 the PAU on Saturday in which over 1,100 farmers are likely to take part. Several stalls will be installed during the event to make the farmers aware about initiatives being taken by the state government. The special Sarkar-Kisan Milni will focus on making the farmers aware of cultivation of paddy before the starting of the paddy season.

During the milni, the farmers will be apprised of innovative and less water guzzling techniques of paddy transplant and the focus will be on motivating the farmers to use only high-yielding varieties of paddy approved by the PAU. The farmers will also be informed that 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. For this, zon1e-wise cultivation of the paddy crop will be ensured in the state and necessary planning and arrangements are already being made by the government.

The state has been divided into zones to implement the sowing mechanism in an effective manner and dates of paddy cultivation in a phased manner will be announced soon so that farmers can take benefit from it. The government will rope in renowned agriculture experts to benefit the growers during the milni.

Ludhiana