CURCHOREM: Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant (Babu) Kavlekar on Friday urged the farmers to take maximum benefits of various government schemes available.
The Deputy Chief Minister distributed free seeds and fertilisers to 1,200 farmers at a function organised at Barcem Panchayat premises.
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Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the agriculture portfolio, said that the seeds and fertilisers are provided to encourage the farmers to grow more and different types of crops and vegetables.
“It will be given to all the farmers from all the panchayat areas of Quepem Constituency to encourage them to increase the farming produce by growing more and different varieties of crops and vegetables,” said Kavlekar.
He also informed that underground power cabling would be done in Barcem, Morpirla and Balli panchayat areas by spending around Rs 55 crore for which the tender has been floated.
“Barcem Panchayat has asked 10,000 sqmts of land from the Forest Department to construct a new panchayat administrative building as the existing house would be demolished for the widening of national highway,” said Kavlekar and added that more three projects are proposed to build on the same land including fire station, school building and Kala Bhavan hall.
On the occasion, Barcem Sarpanch Prajeeta Velip, Zilla Parishad member Kushali Velip, panchas, Quepem Zonal Agriculture Officer (ZAO) Sandesh Raut Dessai and Canacona ZAO Shivram Dessai were present.
