On January 7, the growers of Sub Division Paddar received the first high-tech poly house, spreading over a 500-square-meter area under the Holistic Agriculture Development Programme. This unique component, aimed at promoting niche crops, was constructed at a cost of 17.65 lakhs.
The Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar, Dr. Devansh Yadav, along with concerned officers and PRIs members, inaugurated this Poly House at the Sub Divisional Agriculture complex in Gulabgarh.
The poly house is fully equipped with high-tech features supporting a constant temperature throughout the year, required relative humidity, and irrigation facilitated through laid drop lines. This infrastructure enables year-round cultivation of cash crops and vegetable seedlings.
The technology of high-tech polyhouses is a boon for progressive farmers opting for hydroponics (Soilless culture of growing plants), wherein nutrients are circulated in soilless media to fulfill the plants' nutritional requirements.
Simultaneously, Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar presided over the Kisan Mela at Gulabgarh Paddar. Present at the event were DDC member Paddar Hari Krishan Chauhan, PRIs, CAO Kishtwar Amjad Hussain Malik, CHO Sajjid Mustafa, AD Fisheries Lal Hussain, Tehsildar, BDO, SDAO Paddar Sahil Gandotra and other field functionaries from concerned departments.
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