KOLKATA 6 April: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is going to provide technical assistance to farmers in the Aila-affected regions where they could not sow seeds due to high salinity. The initiative was taken after it was found that 80 per cent of the farmers of that area are moving to other regions as they failed to sow seeds in the Sunderbans after the storm. After carrying out a survey at the Aila-affected regions of Sunderbans, Mr Rathindra Narayan Basu, the former chairman of the state agricultural committee, has come out with an innovative project where farmers can gauge the salinity in the soil and sow seeds accordingly. The salinity of the soil can be checked from samples collected in a jar containing 1cc of saline water. The farmers will have to shell Rs 10 for conducting the test. This apart, in a bid to promote multi-cropping and get rid of the saline soil, the scientist has also proposed a project known as