Nepalgunj, May 20: The Kohalpur Municipality in Banke district has distributed mini-tillers and pump sets to the farmers at a subsidized rate.
Agricultural Technician Yagya
Bahadur Rokaya of the municipality said that the farmers were provided with 19
sets of mini-tillers and 80 sets of water pump sets at the subsidized rate. The
municipality had allocated budget for the titles in the annual budget of the
fiscal year 2081/82 BS.
The agriculture tools were provided
to a certain number of farmers, agricultural farms, farmers' groups and some
agriculture cooperatives and the water pump sets were distributed under the
Small Irrigation Promotion Programme.
The municipality stated that the
farmers were supported to modernize the agriculture and the support programme
was need-based and demand-driven.
The beneficiaries have expressed
their pleasure after getting the agriculture tools. (RSS)