CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, On the occasion of completion of eight years of service, security and good governance of Uttar Pradesh government, a program was organized in Company Bagh by setting up an exhibition, seminar and dialogue along with agriculture related stalls for the prosperity of the farmer. The chief guest of the program was MLA Rampur Maniharan Devendra Nim. Chief guest MLA Vidhan Sabha Rampur Maniharan Devendra Nim, in his address, while telling the achievements of the Uttar Pradesh government in the last eight years on completion of eight years of service, security and good governance of Uttar Pradesh government, said that 02 development blocks of the district were in the dark zone, which were taken out of the dark zone in the interest of farmers and several thousand solar pumps were installed. 03 sugar mills lying closed in the district were restarted by increasing their capacity. There was improvement in power supply. Earlier there was no schedule for electricity supply, now as per the schedule, electricity is available for 18 to 24 hours. Farm and rural supply was done separately. Work of changing faulty transformers was done free of cost between 24 to 72 hours. Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi of Rs 1017 crore was given to 300655 farmers through DBT, accident insurance up to Rs 5 lakh, subsidy of up to 80 percent is being given on agricultural equipment, custom hiring center, farm machinery bank etc. through DBT. In the last 08 years, the security of the public has increased in Uttar Pradesh. There is rule of law in the state, law and order is good, roads are good. More than 10 thousand daughters have been recruited in the recruitment of more than 65 thousand police constables. Ujjwala Gas Connection Scheme was also started for the benefit of women. Work was done to connect the public, Saharanpur with the main stream of development. In the current assembly session, keeping in view the high production of poplar in the district, a demand has been made to set up the poplar industry in Saharanpur district itself. Appealing to the farmers who came to the seminar, he said that they should take advantage of the stalls, dialogues, etc. set up by the Agriculture Department by becoming aware. We are moving towards becoming Vishwa Guru by the year 2047. On this occasion, tablets were distributed to 28 students from the Government Industrial Training Institute, Sarsawa by the MLA and appointment letters were given to 12 selected newly appointed Anganwadi workers by the MLA. Deputy Agriculture Director Dr. Rakesh Kumar gave information about the schemes run by the Agriculture Department to the farmers. Earlier, the scientist Ravindra Tomar from the Krishi Vigyan Kendra gave the technology of production of grain (coarse grain) crops to the farmers and Virendra Kumar told the farmers about the technology of sugarcane crop production/insect disease control. On this occasion, District Horticulture Officer Gampal Singh gave information about the schemes run by the department to the farmers. Shubhavari Chauhan informed the farmers about organic farming. Sanjay Saini told the farmers how the Krishak Utpadan Sangathan is working for the benefit of the farmers. Dr. Subodh Kumar from the Animal Husbandry Department gave information about the schemes run by the Animal Husbandry Department and the method of treating animal diseases. On behalf of the Agriculture Department, 06 Krishak Utpadan Sangathan of the district displayed their products by setting up stalls. District Agriculture Officer Kapil Kumar, District Agriculture Protection Officer Smt. Shipra, Subject Matter Expert Bhupendra Malik etc. were present in the seminar. The seminar was conducted by Pawan Kumar Vishwakarma, Assistant Director Soil Testing Laboratory. More than 500 farmers were present in the seminar.