Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 25: A delegation of SKUAST-Jammu Teaching Association led by its President Dr. Vikas Sharma met National President BJP Amit Shah and Union Minister of State (Independent charge) for Science and Technology and MoS in Prime Minister’s office Dr. Jitendra Singh in the presence of Dr. Nirmal Singh (National Executive Member of BJP) and Jugal Kishore Sharma (Member of Parliament) and submitted a memorandum regarding their genuine demand for up gradation of SKUAST- Jammu to Central Agricultural University of Jammu.
President SKUAST-TAJ, Dr. Vikas Sharma apprised the BJP Chief that Jammu province include 10 districts and SKUAST-Jammu have limited staff and resources, which makes difficult to cater to the needs of farmers in far flung areas of Udhampur (Gool, Mahore, etc.), Doda / Bhaderwah (Chinta, Bhalessa etc.) and Bani (Dandi Kutu, Basohli, Billawar etc.), besides, upper reaches of Rajouri and Poonch districts, which have suffered political as well as developmental alienation since independence. He further added that the farmers of these far flung areas are unable to get the benefit of latest advances in agricultural technologies due to the shortage of sanctioned staff and meager financial resources made available to the State Agriculture University i.e., SKUAST-Jammu by the State Government, thus, resulting in lower agricultural production and a strong resentment among the farming community leading to hindrances in joining the main stream of Indian polity.
Dr. Poonam Parihaar, Executive Member of the SKUAST-TAJ Committee further apprised the leaders there is no Central Agricultural University in the whole Northern India and Jammu division is the most suitable place for the establishment of the same as this region contains all the four agroclimatic zones wherein different sets of crops / cash crops, vegetables and fruits are gown during the year. After getting Central Agriculture University Status, it will come under the direct control of Central Government and this will be a good confidence measure for the people of Jammu, who have struggled a lot for this Agricultural University.
They assured the delegation that their genuine demand will be considered and very soon their memorandum will be forwarded to the Central Agricultural Minister Radha Mohan Singh who will further take up the matter.
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