The long term objective of the two organizations for this program was to bring back the greenery in the town and to create awareness among the citizens of Agartala. This initiative will help in controlling natural disasters like flood etc in future.
Category: agriculture
Govt. aims to double the income of farmers: Pranajit
Food and Civil Supplied minister Manoj Kanti Deb said, the state government is willing to purchase rice from farmers for public distribution system as FCI buys rice of Rs. 600 crore from out of the state.
FRC-LE to introduce Bufang Kaimani Ter for promoting Afforestation
The FRC-LE planned to introduce the concept of ‘Plantation Festival Initiative’ for Barkathal Village Cluster. The local community has also welcomed the idea and gave it a local name in Kokboroak language as 'Bufang Kaimani Ter'.
Waste to wealth: Hunt for bioenergy in Loktak's invasive plants
On the agenda is a proposal to set up a biorefinery, in the lake landscape, that churns carbohydrate-rich feedstock -- derived from an invasive weed called paragrass -- into alcohol and other value-added chemical products.
SMDS – VI youth summit and main summit
In this summit there were 6 youth representatives from Tripura (Pritam Choudhury, Robert Lushai, Monica Debbarma, Manusri Jamatia, Sariel T Reang and Poulami Saha).
World Ozone Day and World Bamboo Day organized by CFLE
The programme was inaugurated by the Regional Director CFLE. In his address Regional Director, CFLE, Agartala, Pawan K Kaushik explains the importance and objectives of the two international days.
CFLE organised Training on Bamboo Harvesting and Preservation
A total of 25 farmer trainees from two selected clusters namely Machmara in North Tripura and Barkathal in West Tripura Districts actively participated in the program.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar inspects Vedavathi Rejuvenation project sites
After his visit to Vedavathi basin, Gurudev will inspect and review Kumudavathi river rejuvenation work on Thursday. The Art of Living is currently working on reviving 30 rivers across India.
Promotion of Organic Farming with Low Cost Vermi-Composting Technique
There are many advantages of using LCVC technique like huge quantities of organic waste can be converted into a valuable product.
Delegation of GOI visits works under RKBY
Dr. Mamata Saxena said that she visited the state to observe different projects under Rastriya Krishi Vigyan Yojona implemented in the financial years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14.
CFLE observing Van Mahotsav in Tripura
Bamboo species like Kanak kaich, Pecha, Hill jati, Rupai, Buddha belly and Guadua and other plant species like Chandan, Noni, Ashoka, Areca Palm, Yangchak, Australian Babulwere distributed for planting to the farmers of Yesrai village.
Forest smugglers vacate 50 pc trees at Atharomura
The smugglers are vacating the forest by cutting down valuable trees in large scale. The smugglers cut down the teak wood tree at 36 Mile area of Atharomura Hill at any time at night on Sunday.
Bamboo plantation comes to zero level by sale of bamboo shoots
Conscious people are thinking that the administration should start awareness programme on bad effect of plucking bamboo shoots at Panchayat to Village Committee level, at block and district level.