As many as ten foreign countries delegates have confirmed to attend ‘Global Agriculture and Food Summit’ to be organised at Khel Gaon in Ranchi on November 29-30, informed Ramesh Gholap, Director, Department of Agriculture.
With a view to give big boost to agricultural and food industry of Jharkhand the state government is going to organise the summit the delegation of international agencies like World Bank, Israel etc have confirmed to attend the summit and they will hold sectoral seminars on various themes.
As preparation for the summit is in full swing, Chief Minister (CM) Raghubar Das visited Khelgaon with other senior officials of the state on Sunday. Informing about the preparation of the summit Gholap, said, “The CM has reviewed the ongoing preparation of the mega event. To complete the summit successfully the CM has met with secretaries and senior officials of different departments like police administration and department of agriculture and related wings and given several directions.”
During the meeting the CM has made a road map and assigned duties to the related secretaries, he added. Almost all senior police officers attended the meeting. Chief Secretary Sudhir Tripathi was also present in the meeting with Principal Secretary to the CM Sunil Kumar Barnwal and Agriculture Secretary Pooja Singhal.
According to the information providing by Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Co-operative around 4500 progressive farmers are expected to attend the summit. All the farmers will get photo identity card issued concerned Block Development Officer’s (BDOs).
Elaborating the preparation plan of the Government the Director said, “To assist the farmers in attending the summit in seamless manner a control room will be established with coordination of concerned BDOs.
A medical center will also be setup at the venue and direction for this has been given to civil surgeon in this regard. Ambulance and other medical facilities with a medical officer will be available at the medical centre. As many as fifteen water tanks and eight mobile toilets will be parked at the venue.”
There will be different entry cards for different people as red card for VIPs, green card for media and other visitors and pink card bus drivers. The food coupon will also be distributed for the farmers.