BASHARAT RASHID
Pulwama: Horticulture Department Tral on Saturday organised one-day awareness cum distribution programme for local fruit growers at Karmulla village of Tral in this south Kashmir district.
Deputy Commissioner Pulwama G M Dar, who was the chief guest on the occasion, while addressing the farmers stressed upon them to avail the maximum benefits of the government schemes for raising their standard of living.
He told farmers to maintain all the methods of farming for the betterment of fruit industry.
He also assured them that all efforts would be made for the people of the area and that more and more programmes will be organised in future.
Besides the officials of Horticulture, the programme was attended by a large number of farmers of the area.
Meanwhile, at the end of the programme, different agricultural equipment were distributed among the 252 families of area.
