On the call of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during Krishi Mahotsav, villagers welcomed Krishi Raths and public representatives attending the Mahotsav with foodgrains instead of flowers and garlands. During last 17 days, 3000 quintal food grains have been collected, which will be used as special nutritious diet for children and women at Anganwadi centres. During the Mahotsav that started on September 25, Krishi Kranti Raths have visited 19,271 villages informing about new techniques of farming and tips for increasing production and productivity. During the period, over 33.73 lakh khasra-khatuni distributed, 29,278 of mutations and 2636 cases of demarcation were disposed of.
As many as 34,321 permanent connections were given in fields. Under “Mera Khet - Meri Mati” Yojana, 26,125 works were started. For nutritious diet, villages contributed 3161 quintal food grains during Mahotsav. It is noteworthy that before start of Mahotsav, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had urged villages that Krishi Kranti Raths should be welcomed with food grains instead of flowers and garlands. The same should be done at various programmes to be held during the period. The food grains will be used by anganwadis to eradicate malnutrition in the state.
So far, 17,743 farmers camps have been held during Mahotsav. At these camps, 14.59 lakh farmers got benefit. A total of 1.41 lakh agriculture kits were distributed to farmers under Suraj Dhara, Annapurana and Beej Gram Yojana. Horticulture Department distributed 5.21 lakh saplings and over 3.87 lakh horticulture kits. During the Mahotsav, 2.86 lakh Kisan Credit Cards were also distributed apart from about 85,676 soil health cards. Over 65,185 samples of soil were collected for testing. Over 4035 new work under Balram Talab Yojana were started. Under Mukhyamantri Khet-Tirth Yojana, 2486 teams of farmers were taken to tours and 26,567 farmers were told about modern farming ways.