– Agro Vision Concludes
Nagpur : Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that the country’s first agro convention centre is being set up in Nagpur. The concluding ceremony of Agro Vision was held on Monday at the Kavivarya Suresh Bhat Hall. He was addressing the attendees.. MP RamdasTadas, Vice Chancellor of MAFSU Dr. Ashish Paturkar, former MLA Pasha Patel, former MLA Prof. Anil Sole, Chairman, Agrovision Advisory Committee Dr. C. D. Mayee, Convener Girish Gandhi, Organizing Secretary Ravi Boratkar, Ramesh Mankar, Rajesh Bagdi were prominently present.
Nitin Gadkari said that a convention centre is being set up on the site of KrishiVidyapeeth near Futala Lake to provide information to farmers about crops. The project report is ready and will be submitted in 15 days. He hoped that it would be an information resource for the entire country. Efforts are being made to get space near Radisson Blu Hotel on Wardha road so that Agro Vision can be a regular feature and does not stays limited to an exhibition. Apart from this, land is being purchased by Agro Vision Trust wherein year round training could be conducted for farmers. There will also be a permanent market for organic agricultural products. He hoped that all together we would realize the dream of a happy, prosperous farmer.
MP RamdasKadam said that agriculture is a profitable business but new experiments are need of hour. “Agrovision is an initiative for the benefit of the farmers and it definitely helps the farmers,” he said. Comparing was performed by RenukaDeshkar and vote of thanks was performed by Ramesh Mankar.
Flex engine vehicles soon
Vehicles with flex engines running on ethanol will soon hit the market. A government order has also been issued in this regard. A meeting of representatives of automakers will also be held soon. The vehicles will be available for sale in three to six months, said Gadkari. Drones will be used for spraying soon. He also said that 50 lakh youth will get employment due to this.
