Forests, fields are all vulnerable

Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives Abdul Aziz Zargar and Minister for Forests Qazi Mohammad Afzal today flagged off a team of 40 progressive farmers including women for tour to outside state. The team would visit Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Uttarakhand to get acquainted with the latest agriculture technology.

The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has sanctioned 15 solar power plants of 1 kilo watt power each in 13 sub-divisions of DHBVN, Sirsa and in two sub-divisions of DHBVN, Faridabad. This step would help to meet the power requirements, besides creating awareness among the masses about the generation of power through solar photovoltaic technology.

Chandigarh In the agrarian states of Punjab and Haryana, power cuts have been the order of the day for years. This, in turn, has affected economic development in these states. While the two states have decided to spend almost one-third of their five-year Plan for 2007-12 on power projects, they have also realised that the immediate need was to save energy. With that in mind, Punjab has tied up with a US major, Econoler International, to light the streets of municipal areas of the state.

Frequent cuts in power supply are due to less availability of electricity in entire northern region, but the situation is likely to improve in the coming days, said sources in Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) here today.

Soil would be analysed and data recorded on cards for further maintenance Farmers in Haryana henceforth will be able to not just judge the health of their soil, but also improve its fertility with the help of soil cards to be issued to them. In an innovative move, the Haryana Agriculture Department has a plan to issue free soil cards to farmers to help them improve their produce.

On April 6, the chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice V K Jain, said pesticides threaten living populations as well as the the future generations. "Even mother's milk is no longer

Haryana power utilities will spend Rs 239 crore for reforms in power sector in Gurgaon by 2011.