Tripura govt to expand rubber cultivation in additional 20,485 hectares: CM Saha

AGARTALA: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday announced that to boost the economy of the state, rubber cultivation will be expanded to another 20,485 hectares of land, and 10 new rubber processing centres will be established in the state. 

While inaugurating several development projects in Khowai district, the Chief Minister said that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government is a people-oriented government. “The state government is continuously working for the welfare of the people. Rubber cultivation would be increased in an additional 20,485 hectares of land in the state, and 10 new rubber processing centers will be set up,” said CM Saha. Currently, cultivating natural rubber on 97,171.93 hectares of land, Tripura is the second-largest natural rubber producing state in the country after Kerala, annually producing 1,02,989 tonnes of rubber, worth Rs 1,620 crore. (IANS)

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