Director Horticulture starts various civil works at Chakroi

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Daily Excelsior
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Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 19: Director Horticulture Jammu Ram Savak started various civil works at Mega Fruit Plant Nursery, Chakroi (R S Pura) for the promotion of High Density Horticulture in presence of officers and officials of the Department.
Among the civil works, Chain Link Fencing of the whole Nursery in an area of 805 kanals of land is under progress along with electrification and installation of poles, roads & building and tilling of land for complete development of the Nursery.
The development of high density nursery, which is first of its kind in Jammu Province, has been sanctioned by the Government of Jammu & Kashmir for the development of Horticulture in Jammu Province with the efforts of Principal Secretary Horticulture, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary, for which more than Rs 12 crores has been earmarked for its development on scientific lines during the current financial year.
In order to develop the nursery on modern lines with latest technologies, the Department has initiated the process for establishment of Hi-Tech Green House, Insect proof House, Shade Net House, Screen House etc, which are going to be established in current year. Again, Hi-tech machinery viz: Tractors, Power Sprayers, Weeders, Power Tillers, Cultivators, and other tool/implements are also being procured.
On completion of this project, the department intends to produce at 5-10 lakh quality sub-tropical fruit plants per annum for promotion of high density fruit plants which will ultimately cater the demand of the farmers of Jammu province. For production of fruit plants, the Department has already produced more than one lakh seedlings of Mango and citrus fruits and the progress is going on.
The Major thrust of this nursery is production of different varieties of Mango, Guava, Citrus and Litchi fruit plants. Demonstration orchards of Mango, Kinnow, Daisy, Lime, Dragon fruit, Taiwan pink guava, Litchi and other fruit plants will also be developed in next 2-3 months and preparation of the same is under progress.


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