<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Arun Tiwari Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 06/05/2024.</p> <p>In the application, the allegation is of illegal mining of soil upto 10-15 mtrs.
DH News Service, Chintamani: The deputy commissioner has issued stringent orders to provide permits to the farmers for the distribution of DAP and complex fertilisers in the district. A meeting had been called in this regard, which was attended by the agriculture officers and the executive officers of the taluk panchayats. The deputy commissioner instructed the officials concerned to initiate measures for the efficient distributution of fertilisers in the district.
A farmer of Hagaribagija village, on the outskirts of Kendrapara town, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself yesterday following crop failure in the recent floods. The deceased farmer, Ananta Charana Rout (54) had raised paddy on two acres of land after obtaining a loan of Rs 40,000 from two money lenders for purchasing paddy seed and fertiliser. However, the paddy saplings were damaged in the recent floods due to which, Rout had to face loss.
BHUBANESWAR: WITH four districts affected by pest menace and the farmers panicking the Agriculture Director, Arabinda Padhi, announced that the situation is under control and it has not assumed an endemic form. Pest attacks on paddy crops have been reported from several western Orissa districts. While three blocks of Kalahandi district are severely affected, reports coming from Boudh, Nuapada and Sonepur said paddy crops are damaged by swarming caterpillar or
Menaka Rao He won a case against a co-operative society that promised water supply after mortgaging his land After fighting for about 10 years, a Nashik-based farmer, Punja Gaikwad won a case against an
The poor farmers in different upazilas of Narsingdi are facing uncertainty over cultivation of transplanted aman paddy this year due to acute shortage of seeds. The farmers, particularly in char areas of the district, are yet to collect seeds of T-aman paddy in the peak season due to crisis of seeds, local sources said. Everyday, several hundred farmers are crowding the BADC godowns for seeds but most of them return home disappointed, they said.
The farmers of Khairpur Gamboh sub-division of Naseer Canal on Monday threatened to besiege the offices of senior officials of Irrigation Department if water was not released immediately into the channels of their area. Tando Jan Mohammad union council nazim Mir Zafarullah Talpur, former nazim of Digri taluka Kazi Fazlullah and others said at a news conference at the press club that water had not been released for past six months into the 16 water channels of Khairpur Gamboh, the largest sub-division of Rohri Canal, which irrigated more than 400,000 acres of land.
Despite increased flow in River Indus, several waterways of Sindh are still facing water shortage, leading to protests by farmers in different parts of the province. Growers took out a rally and held a demonstration in Nawabshah on Monday to protest against acute water shortage in Dholu Minor canal. The rally started from Daur town and terminated at the Nawabshah Press Club. Growers carrying banners and placards raised slogans against the Irrigation Department.
Ajay Modi / New Delhi July 22, 2008, 0:10 IST The mills say the move will take away from them the areas they have developed over decades. In a move that could help millions of farmers and bore a hole in the pockets of sugar producers, the Union Food Ministry has started work on a plan to do away with reservation of sugarcane area for mills. At present, sugarcane farmers can sell only to that mill in whose area their fields are located. But this could change soon.
Khammam, July 20: Keeping the demand in the district for fertilisers in view, the government decided to send a consignment of 2,500 tonnes. The District Central Cooperative Bank (DCCB) is selling the fertilisers to farmers through its primary agricultural cooperative societies. The DCCB so far sold fertilisers worth of Rs 8 crore to farmers in the district and all the stock is over within a month. The farmers are approaching the concerned PACS for the fertilisers. The increasing demand for urea and potassium fertilisers forced the DCCB to take quich action.
THE one thing about India that leaves the world continuously gobsmacked is the country's boundless entrepreneurial spirit. Stories about legions of intrepid souls who dared to dream and gave shape to those visions are now part of corporate folklore. And, size is not the only distinguishing factor. The same courage and will to build something of one's own exists across the scale, whether it is the drive to set up a successful cottage unit, or to stake a lifetime's savings to buy some machinery for a small scale unit, or to make that leap of faith and go for size.
