Dooru (Anantnag), May 15: Asserting that the administration is not being run on gestures of few hundred people who would get contracts in past to ruin the erstwhile state, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said that the government is committed to serve the 1.30 crore population without any discrimination.
Addressing a large gathering of farmers, agri-entrepreneurs and members of PRIs at Panchayat Halqa Poolia, Dooru at Anantnag, the LG Sinha said the administration is always there to serve the 1.30 crore population of J&K without any sort of discrimination. The event was organised by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Kashmir under Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP).
He said, the J&K administration is not being run on the gestures of 500-1000 people who had a contract since long to destroy J&K.
“But some people can’t digest the development of the UT. They haven’t done anything and when they see development their tummy-aches,” he said.
He said the administration is ready to redress each and every grievance of the local populace here. Common farmers, labours and individuals’ grievances will be redressed to the best of abilities.
Lieutenant Governor said the moment will soon come when a farmer’s son will choose to continue farming, just as an officer’s son would choose to work in a government departments . He believes that holistic farming growth would open up new opportunities and benefit farmers on a broad scale.
The Kissan Sampark Abhiyan is a farmer orientation and skill development programme under which the administration will reach out to every panchayat of the UT to apprise the farmers about around 29 government schemes. The initiative kick-started on April 24 and will continue till August 31.
“I strongly believe the path of all-round development passes through the villages. HADP will ensure limitless potential & possibilities of development in farming sector is fully realized to change the destiny of rural J&K,” he said.
LG also shared the efforts of the UT administration by keeping farmers at the centre of the policies to transform the agricultural economy.
“The unprecedented progress and growth in Agriculture & Allied sectors in the UT is a testimony to our resolve that there should be prosperity in all the farming households and the steady, viable & profitable farming should inspire the young generations to take up farming,” he said.
“Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji, we are moving ahead with a vision to take the agriculture sector in J&K on a trajectory of high growth and prepare our farmers to meet new challenges and make farming accessible & profitable,” LG added.
He lauded the progressive farmers of the district and other stakeholder associated with agriculture & allied sectors for their contributions in Anantnag’s tremendous growth in agriculture & allied sector.
“All the ambitious and innovative interventions, whether it is revival of Mushkbudji or Yellow Revolution, is bearing fruit because of impressive partnership between farmers and the administration and HADP will help the farmers to scale new heights,” LG Sinha said.
“Today, Anantnag has the unique distinction of being the trout district of the country & the leading district of the UT in terms of sericulture sector. We have made multiple interventions to boost production,” he said.
He said administration have established three new organic clusters and first Farmers Producer Organization of fisheries sector in the district, besides processing and packaging units have been set up to promote trout farming on a large scale.
“Holistic Agriculture Development Program is a very ambitious program and we are confident of achieving the new milestones. Our firm resolve to bridge the rural-urban gaps has already produced many concrete initiatives and impressive development in agri & agro-based small industries,” he said.
LG emphasized on effective utilization of Agri-Infrastructure Fund and also assured every possible support and assistance from the administration to the farming community and the budding agri-preneurs.
“Our dream is not only to build a strong farming ecosystem, but also to create opportunity for employment & self-employment at the local level through HADP, create rural assets, strengthen self-help groups and making the 70% population engaged in farming self-reliant,” he said.
Responding to the demands and issues projected by the PRI representatives and the farmers, the Lt Governor assured that all the genuine concerns of the people will be addressed on priority.
He further sought active participation of PRI members, common people and other stakeholders in the successful conduct of the upcoming G20 event. This is a great opportunity to showcase the real potential of the Union Territory to the world, he added.
Muhammad Yusuf Gorsi, Chairperson, DDC Anantnag and Mohammad Iqbal Ahangar, Chairman Municipal Committee Dooru hailed the efforts of the Lt Governor led administration for the welfare of the farmers and transforming the lives of the people.. On the occasion, the Lt Governor distributed sanction letters to the beneficiaries of different Government Schemes.
Atal Dulloo, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture Production Department; Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir; Vijay Kumar, ADGP Kashmir; PRI members, senior officials, HoDs and farmers in large numbers were present.
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