RECORDER REPORT

SIALKOT: Punjab government has formulated a three year well-knitted plan for introducing modern irrigation system in agriculture sector in the province. Sources in agriculture department told Business Recorder here on Sunday that the step was being taken for tracking agriculture sector on modern production lines and to make it profitable. Sources claimed that introducing new techniques in agriculture sector to enhance per acre yield and to improve the economic conditions of farmer community in Punjab.

The government will mobilize more than Rs 2 billion for the promotion of modern agriculture in the Punjab. Under the programme, Drip Sprinkler irrigation and solar system will be installed on 10,000 acres of land while tunnel farming technology would be installed on 1500 acres of land for better and effective utilization of available water for boosting agriculture productivity across the Punjab.

The programme will pave the way for introducing modern and profitable farming, enhancing productivity, lessening the productivity expenditures, better utilization of fertilizers and pesticides and save the water.

This system will help to increase additional per acre income in the province. Special step was being taken for the promotion of mechanized agriculture and 36 hi-tech mechanization service centres would established at cost of Rs 1.2 billion in the Punjab. Under the plan Rs 2.50 billion would be spent on the construction of warehouses and upgradation of existing warehouse for the storage of agricultural produce in the Punjab, sources added.