Pipili, Apr 29 : To rejoice the celebration of Krushak Divas, today at Laxminarayanpur, CM Naveen Patnaik delivered his speech in a meeting, attended by the farmers, in which he said that the income of the farmers has been increased by two times during the last 10 years and the state government is still trying it’s best to increase it further in future years.
Through the speech Patnaik expressed that it is the priority of the government to think about the development of agriculture and farmer. Regarding the same, the government has set up corpus funds of Rs.100 each for seeds and fertilizers, while new agricultural policies, special budget system and crop loan at one per cent interest rate are also provided by the government.
Addressing the gathering, Naveen said, as the IMD has predicted of sufficient rains to occur this year, we hope that it will lead to a good year for us with a good yield.
Also Read Cuttack, Feb 12: Protesting against illegal liquor sale at Baigana slum in Kathojodi Vihar, over 100 locals, including women, ransacked two illegal liquor units here on Friday morning. According to reports, some youths of the slum sustained injuries in a tussle with the liquor seller on Thursday night. Following the incident, the locals staged a dharna in front of the Markat Nagar police station today demanding eviction of the two country liquor factories from the locality. The locals reportedly ransacked the liquor factories after failing to extract an assurance from the police. “The liquor seller attacked some youth of the slum with sharp weapons and beer bottles. He is always thrashing the locals. So we today ransacked the liquor shops,” said an agitating woman. “I have complained to the Inspector in Charge (IIC) of Markat Nagar police station many times about the illegal liquor sale in the locality. But instead of taking any action, police have encouraged the illegal liquor sale in the area. I will bring this matter to DCP’s notice if the IIC does not take any action to make the area liquor free,” said Giribala Behera, Corporator of the ward.
