Iqbal Singh sits in grief beside the paddy plants that have completely dried in his field at Amirgarh village. A drought-like situation has arisen because of no rain and massive power cuts.
A farmer sits at his paddy field which has dried up owing to no electricity and no rains at Amargarh village in Bathinda on Saturday.
With the monsoon nowhere in sight in the northern region and people suffering due to the prolonged dry spell, parched fields of paddy are a common sight in Haryana.
LUCKNOW: Lucknowites need to wait a little to avail forest department's scheme to provide `plantation at one's doorstep'. Though it has been in existence since August, 2008 the delayed rains have put it on hold for some time.
Madhya Pradesh Rajya Laghu Vanopaj Sangh is planning to undertake plantation with a view to increasing production of Tendu leaves in the state. The work of plantation will be undertaken soon. After growing of these trees, the Tendu leaf collectors will be able to collect Tendu leaves from nearby areas.
A third agency will verify the works undertaken in villages under Hariyali Mahotsava. Besides, responsibility will be fixed for effective implementation of the scheme.
Producers get a boost coorg green cardamom, grown in southwest Karnataka, has received the geographical area indicator or GI status. This means only cardamom grown in Kodagu
Home Secretary-cum-Secretary Education Ram Niwas today held a meeting with heads of various departments regarding tree plantations during monsoon. Conservator of Forests, DPI (Schools), Chief Engineer (Municipal Corporation), Chief Engineer (UT) and Director Health Services attended the meeting.
An awareness camp on orchid plantation was organised on recently at Hahara, Sonapur under Dimoria Development Block by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi, under the Women Scientist Programme and Department of Bio-Technology of Gauhati University in association with Emergent Development Society, an NGO.
