Pokhara, April 17 : Pokhara
Metropolitan City (KMC) has provided a grant of Rs 10,000 per family to the
farmers of metropolis for rearing a pair of oxen.
Mayor Dhanraj Acharya informed that
the grant has been provided to encourage the farmers who are rearing pair of
oxen in the metropolitan city area.
He said that the subsidy has been
distributed to the farmers rearing oxen for plough as the tractor could not be
used in all the places due to the topography of Pokhara.
A total of 570 farmers had applied
for the grant in August last year. The Agriculture Development Branch of the
metropolis has started providing money to 550 farmers after the on-site
monitoring. (RSS)