Attending a district-level interface with officials of different line departments of Nuapada district, members of several women SHGs complained about the failure of onion crop in the district this year.
“We are not getting good seeds for onion and forced to sell our onion in low price due to lack of storage facility,” rued a woman. They also expressed dissatisfaction over non-cooperation of Government officials in providing timely support for construction of small godowns in villages for onions.As many as 170 women from different groups attended the workshop and discussed their problems with the officials in the meeting.
Agriculture Extension Officer Pratap Tandi, Madhab Chandra Sahu from lift Irrigation Department, Himansu Sekhar Padhi from Utkal Gramya Bank and Rabindra Nag from Horticulture Department interacted with the women on different issues and schemes.The workshop, conducted by NGO lokadrusti with the support of KKS (Kari Kubel Stiftung), Germany at Khariar here, aimed at facilitating dialogues between the women SHG members and Government officials of various line departments for better implementation of different socio-economic programmes meant for SHGs. lokadrusti Chairman
Major Dr Ramachandra Mishra presided over the workshop.