Manipur Agriculture Department has finalized for buying 100 pump sets for supply of water to drought like situation faced paddy fields in the State.
This was disclosed by Manipur agriculture, veterinary and animal husbandry minister V Hangkhanlian during a press conference in Imphal on Wednesday.
The Minister stated that there was shortage of water for seed sowing due to scanty of rainfall but agriculture department has prepared to sow paddy seeds at government’s land for the relief of problems faced by the farmers at Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), mechanised farm by practising latest method, covering 10 hectares at Lamphel and 1 hectare in Thoubal district for distribution to some needy areas.
The aim is to fill around 1100 hectares paddy field where water is not available.