Jai Ram Thakur Inaugurates garden at Palampur Agriculture University

Palampur : Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today inaugurated the ‘Golden Jubilee Nutrition Garden’ at Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University Palampur under Rs.19 crore environment sustainability plan concept of CAAST-NAHEP project entitled ‘Protected Agriculture and Natural Farming’ to motivate the people to adopt gardening in a systematic manner in small piece of land.The Chief Minister said that these gardens would ensure access to healthy diet and adequate macro and micro nutrients to the people at their door steps. These gardens would also help in strengthening food security and improve income generation and livelihood. These gardens would also play a significant role towards environmental sustainability by taking care of the natural resources of the area.Jai Ram Thakur said that this concept of nutritional garden would also ensure involvement of students in environmental sustainability by making them technically aware of various fruits and medicinal plants. He said that this garden would cover an area of 3250 square meters and include various food species as well as medicinal and aromatic plants. In the first phase 21 plants each of apple, peach, plum, apricot, pomegranate and persimmon have been proposed to the planted in this winter season and later planting of other fruit species as well as medicinal aromatic plants would be planted as per their planting season, he added.Vice Chancellor of the university Prof. H. K. Chaudhary detailed various activities of the University.Speaker, HP Vidhan Sabha Vipin Singh Parmar, Industries Minister Bikram Singh, MLAs Ravinder Dhiman and Mulk Raj Premi, former MLAs Praveen Sharma and Dulo Ram, Chairman Wool Federation Trilok Kapoor District BJP president Hari Dutt Sharma were also present on the occasion among others.