Dehradun: Chief Secretary Anand Vardhan held a meeting with various departments at the Secretariat on Thursday regarding capital expenditure, CSS schemes, SASCI, SNA Sparsh, and departmental expenditure plans. The Chief Secretary directed the officers to expedite the slow-moving projects related to Externally Aided Projects (EAP). He said that the heads of departments and secretaries would be responsible for the slow progress of the projects. Horticulture and Agriculture Departments should prepare large and integrated projects
The Chief Secretary said that the Horticulture and Agriculture Departments need to work together on large and integrated projects. He said that work should be done towards integrated farming in the areas of apples, kiwis, and aromatic plants. He said that under fisheries, large projects for trout production would also require cold storage facilities. He directed the Animal Husbandry Department and the Cooperative Department to jointly prepare integrated projects related to livestock and fisheries.
Cold storage chain to be established across the state as per requirement
The Chief Secretary directed that good projects should be prepared for setting up nurseries and cold storage chains for apple production under the Apple Mission. He said that cold storage chains should be established wherever needed across the state so that any farmer in the state can store their produce in a cold storage facility and bring their products to the market at an opportune time.
