Bharuch, 17 May 2013

Gujarat Government has selected the routes of Krishi Raths visiting different villages during the current year’s Krishi Mahotsav-cum-Cattle Health Camp after immaculate cluster-wise prior planning of each and every village, not covered during the previous eight editions of the Mahotasav.

The objective of the Mahotsav is to reach out to maximum number of cultivators and cattle-owners, virtually at their doorsteps, across the state. The Krishi Raths carry promotional materials to suit crops grown in the respective four major agro-climatic zones. Nearly a lakh of government employees, besides 800 agricultural scientists and veterinary doctors from four farm varsities, brave the scorching sun during the fortnight to cover as many villages as possible.

Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who inaugurated the 9th Krishi Mahotsav at Radhanpur in Patan district for the northern region on May 14, 2013 will attend Mahotsav for south Gujarat region at Bharuch on May 18, for Saurashtra region at Jamjodhpur on May 23 and central Gujarat region at Limkheda on May 27. The Mahotsav will last till May 31, 2013.

The Mahotsav is to popularize drip irrigation, soil health cards, improved seeds and fertilizers, cattle rearing pratices. The Mahotsav running for the eighth year helped increase farm and milk production.