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The Chief Secretary appreciated the low-cost innovative application of Solar powered pumping station on a floating barge made of recycled UPBC barrels with a flexibility of supplying water at various locations on demand by farmers launched in Boko-Chaygaon Division (Irrigation)..
Also he has appreciated the idea of providing tank at the tail end of Irrigation canals to store surplus water and practice of pisciculture there.AgenciesAssam.
A review of the activities of the Department of Agriculture and Department of Irrigation was taken by the Chief Secretary on 12th in the office of Assam Rural Infrastructure & Agricultural Services (ARIAS) Society at Khanapara, Guwahati...
Akash Deep said that ARIAS Society informed that APART is currently in the last (7th) year of operation and quite satisfactory work has happened in cluster and value chain mode in the last six years, particularly on agri entrepreneurship development, industry associations, key agri infrastructure- last mile connecting rural roads, markets, warehouses, introduction and popularization of Stress Tolerant Rice Varieties (STRVs), development and handholding of Farmer Producer Companies (125) along with related Common Service Centres (CSCs), Custom Hiring Centres (CHCs), setting up of market intelligence unit, providing access to financial services to the Project beneficiaries...
