The Pauri District Magistrate Sushil Kumar stressed that the women of the different self help groups should be determined to double their income in the coming five years by adopting cluster agriculture.
He said that the women are the back bone of economy in the mountainous district and that the Government is making efforts to enhance their social and economic condition.
He said this while presiding over a training workshop held in village Goorikot of Pauri block in district under the national rural employment mission of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana on Sunday.
The District Magistrate said that the Goori group had started agriculture on barren land in the year 2014 and worked hard to strengthen their position.
Now the Goori Samuh is undertaking various activities including fisheries, poultry and vegetable cultivation on a much larger area of land than it was tending to at the start.
After the constitution of village level committee, the gram panchayat committee will be constituted to make the group stronger, added the district magistrate.
He instructed the department officer concerned to ensure that they are provided agriculture implements, fertilizers and access to the soil testing facility. He also asked experts of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bharsar to advice the group members on moder agricultural techniques.
Kumar said that any group can achieve success when the members of the samuah have the knowledge of the schemes, strong will power and make coordinated effort.
Project director Sunil Kumar said the 17 such groups are working in gram sabha Vajjali and said that the gram sabha will achieve the target of becoming an ideal village. Under the rural tourism scheme, two huts will be constructed and work will be executed for the development of fisheries pond.
The lead bank manager Nand Kishore, NABARD deupty general manager Brijendra Singh Negi, former district Panchayat head Keshar Singh Negi and others including local women were among those present on the occasion.