Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Pradeep Maharathy inaugurated a building for the Farm Information and Advisory Centre and the Farm Machinery Display and Testing Centre in the premises of the DDA office here on Wednesday.
During his visit, the Minister visited the Turmeric Seed Procurement unit at Katadaganda under the G Udayagiri area, High Density Mango Plantation project at Kundanaju, a private nursery at Bujulimendi and many other projects.
He reviewed progress of different FARD projects undertaken in Kandhamal district with senior officials. Among others, Agriculture Director Pradip Kumar Meherda, Horticulture Director Susant Nanda and district Collector Yamini Sarangi were present.
On this occasion, Minister Maharathy expressed his anger while remarking that the work of the new building was of low grade and that many FARD officials and employees were not in uniform at the meeting. He asked Horticulture officials to plant more trees and informed that he would come for an investigation after Nabakalebara festival.