Union minister and Ranchi MP Subodh Kant Sahay has come forward to help the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) tide over an acute water crisis.
At a crucial meeting to discuss the water situation in the city today, the Congress leader announced to cough up Rs 5 lakh from his area development fund to buy water tanks and install them in localities that have been worst hit this summer.
Tribals are known to have rich knowledge of indigenous technology pertaining to agriculture practices and an attempt was made to document the indigenous knowledge. Data was collected from 3 districts covering 9 villages from 225 farmers with the help of a structured questionnaire. In all, broadly classified 26 indigenous knowledge were identified in the study area.
- Dhalbhum, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Ranchi officers get cracking with preventive measures
Jamshedpur, March 31: Fire prevention measures have gained momentum in the forest divisions of Dhalbhum, Seraikela-Kharsawan and Ranchi, with authorities adopting various measures to avert any major mishaps.
With an aim to provide better irrigation facilities to the farmers of the State, the Agriculture Department has decided to build 1,00,000 non-concrete check dam and similar number of ponds across the State.
A state department has raised the red flag on finalising a Hyderabad-based company for a Rs 253 crore water supply project as it is now under the scanner of the income tax (IT) and vigilance for having bagged rural electrification contracts allegedly at the behest of former chief minister Madhu Koda.
