Mass production of value-added farm products on the cards
The Hindu
CM launches harvesting of vegetables, paddy under Subhiksham Surakshitham project
The State government will start industrial units for the production of value-added agricultural products, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said.
He was virtually inaugurating the State-level harvesting of organic vegetables and paddy cultivated under the Subhiksham Surakshitham project at Kanjikuzhy in the district on Thursday.
“We are planning mass production of value-added products. The cooperative sector can play a vital role in setting up the units,” Mr. Vijayan said, urging the local self-government institutions to take the lead.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.