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A new initiative by Haryana Horticulture Department

CHANDIGARH: Employment of 7.49 lakh man-days has been generated and 408 water tanks have been constructed and 214 tanks are under construction under a new initiative taken by the Haryana Horticulture Department to integrate a component of the National Horticulture Mission with micro irrigation.

State Agriculture Minister H. S. Chatha said here on Monday that the component of construction of community tanks as a water conservation measure was integrated with horticulture plantation, vermin-compost unit and irrigation, mandatory through drip system.

He said this initiative had yielded encouraging results in terms of output of the schemes and generation of employment.

Mr. Chatha said that this initiative was first taken in 2006-07, benefiting small and marginal farmers as tanks of different capacity were designed and constructed. As many as 453 more tanks would be constructed during the current financial year, he said. - PTI

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