DC Manjunath Bhajantri on Friday flagged off the Krishi Rath to propagate farming knowledge in rural areas of the district. The farmers will be given the informations and latest knowledge of the agricultural by Rath till June 28 at several rural areas. The Rath will travel through Bakarni, Rampir and Baratpur in first stage. The agricultural scientist Dr Shankar Kumar Singh, Block Agricultural officer, block Animal husbandry officer, Block co-opeartive officer, Block technological manger, Asst Technical manager and many farmers’ friends will visit and provide informations. DC said, “The Rath Yatra has been conceived to link older methods of farming with the latest techniques, ensuring participation farmers in government projects, promoting water conservation to aid irrigation of farm lands, distribution of credit cards and benefiting farmers through soil health card.”