Two years ago, Sohan Singh, a poor farmer with just 2.5 acres at Rurka Kalan village, used to irrigate his fields by paying for borewell water of his neighbour.
More than 8,000 hectares under wheat crop in Jammu and Kathua districts have been affected by yellow rust, a fungal disease, increasing farmers’ worries.
Encouraged by the Union government, public sector power company NHPC Limited has turned its focus to northern states, especially Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, to help push their rural g