1,500 acres fallow land now ready to take paddy seedlings
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Kedarottana Trust has proposed to grow paddy organically on 2,000 acres of fallow land in Brahmavar
Udupi MLA K. Raghupathi Bhat said on Wednesday that 1,500 acres of proposed 2,000 acres of fallow land which will be brought under paddy in his Assembly constituency in this kharif season is ready for transplantation of seedlings. Addressing presspersons at Brahmavar in Udupi district, the MLA said that the Kedarottana Trust headed by him has proposed to grow paddy organically on 2,000 acres which remained fallow for over two decades in his constituency. It will be part of the “Hadilu Bhoomi Krishi Andolana” taken up by the trust. Councillors from 35 wards of Udupi City Municipal Council and presidents of 19 gram panchayats under the constituency are members of the trust. Mr. Bhat said that as a prelude, while preparing the fallow land for cultivation, the trust has removed silt from “thodus” (rivulets) on the edges of such land to a length of about 300 km now.More Related News