Govt Provide Agri-implements On Half Price

Provincial Agriculture department evolved a plan to track the agriculture sector on modern lines in order to enhance its productivity

SIALKOT, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th May, 2019 ) -: Provincial Agriculture department evolved a plan to track the agriculture sector on modern lines in order to enhance its productivity.

Sources in Agriculture department told APP on Friday that the cost of the plan was Rs.4.50 billion and under the program the government will provide modern agri-implements on half price to the growers in fifteen districts of the Punjab.

He said the government will provide 700 rice Trans-planters, power sprayers etc in Sialkot, Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Sheikhupura, Jhang, Okara, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin through balloting.

In Sialkot district,the department initiated training programme for the paddy growers to adopt new rice cultivation techniques.

Drip Sprinkler system would be installed on 20,000 acres of land in order to utilize available irrigation water.

He said steps were taken for promoting the tunnel farming to promote growing off-season vegetables around the year.