Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel dedicated the model ‘Gauthan’ at village Belsar of Shankargarh block in Balrampur, Ramanujganj district on Monday.
He also inspected the village Panchayat Keshavnagar under Surajpur district.
Under the state government’s flagship programme, ‘Suraaji Gaon Yojna’ the model ‘Gauthans’ under ‘Narva, Garuva, Ghuruva aur Baari’ (NGGB) are being constructed in selected villages in all districts. Apart from that at backyard of residents tanks are being constructed for vermicompost preparation.
The cattle centre at village Belsar is spread over 1.2 hectare land. Chief Minister announced the opening of a branch of Central District Cooperative Bank there. He also distributed materials and cheque to several eligible beneficiaries under different schemes.
Addressing the villagers, Baghel termed the NGGB as a tool to improve the rural economy. Excess use of chemical fertilizers invites critical diseases, also increase input cost while decreases soil fertility.
With NGGB, there will be increase in vermicompost production and it can be used for crop and growing vegetables in the backyard kitchen gardens.
Chief Minister urged villagers to make stop dam flowing in rivers/rivulets and use water for irrigation of crops. At present, due to lack of fodder, cattle are grazing standing crops. The bio-gas generated can be used as a cheap fuel while ‘Cow urine’ can be used in production of medicines.
At village Keshavnagar, Chief Minister inspected the different structures including the products prepared by women self help groups. Around 144 farmers are deriving benefits of solar community irrigation project with 60 5 HP pumps irrigating 73 acres of land.