Farmer leaders meet Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann; discuss ways to reduce water and power consumption in agriculture

Chandigarh. April 17 A delegation of farmer leaders, including BKU Ekta Ugrahan president Joginder Ugrahan and secretary Shingara Singh Mann, on Sunday held a meeting with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. The main issues discussed were introducing ways to reduce consumption...

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Updated At : 07:18 PM Apr 17, 2022 IST

Chandigarh. April 17

A delegation of farmer leaders, including BKU Ekta Ugrahan president Joginder Ugrahan and secretary Shingara Singh Mann, on Sunday held a meeting with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

The main issues discussed were introducing ways to reduce consumption of water and electricity in agriculture.

The meeting was attended by representatives of Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana.

The zoning of land to streamline paddy plantation was also discussed in the meeting, while special attention was paid to basmati and PR 126 paddy seed.