CM Sarbananda Sonowal visits Maloibari to take stock of agricultural activities

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visited Maloibari and took stock of agricultural activities being carried out by the farmers
CM Sarbananda Sonowal visits Maloibari to take stock of agricultural activities

GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday visited Maloibari in Kamrup Metro district and took stock of agricultural activities being carried out by the farmers there. He also interacted with the farmers engaged in harvesting of paddy in the agricultural fields and inspected the functioning of paddy reaper machines distributed by agriculture department to the farmers.

Later talking to the mediapersons, the Chief Minister said that in parallel to the fight against COVID-19 the State government was putting emphasis on resumption of economic activities and the farmers have shown the way in this regard. Informing that state's farmers and agri entrepreneurs did business worth Rs 357 crore during the lockdown period by exporting agricultural products to various parts of the country, Sonowal said that the state has immense potential in the agricultural sector which was highlighted by the lockdown period. Assam can become self resilient and self dependent in agriculture, livestock, fisheries etc. and state's farmers have shown that Assam can Achieve its developmental goals by engaging in agriculture and its allied sectors with renewed vigour.

The Chief Minister strongly urged for maintaining social distancing and other COVID-19 protocols so that the outbreak of the global pandemic can be contained in the state.

Agriculture Minister Atul Bora, Guwahati Development Department Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya, MP Queen Oja, Dispur MLA Atul Bora, Lahowal MLA Rituparna Baruah accompanied the Chief Minister during the visit.  

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