Untimely rains damage 7 main crops in 18 districts

51,000 hectare of the crop has been damaged leading to 2-20 % damage

Kashiram Choudhary

Jaipur: Unseasonal rains and hailstorms have caused a lot of damage to crops in 18 districts. Cumin, Isabgol, Mustard, Wheat, Barley, Gram, Taramira and Horticulture crops got damaged. A report by the agriculture department has assessed damage to crops until March 9 in districts.

Seven main crops and horticulture have been damaged in the last one week in Rajasthan. Wheat was sown in 29.65 lakh hectare. About 51,000 hectare of the crop has been damaged leading to 2-20 percent damage.

Barley was sown in 4.08 lakh hectare in the state but 15 percent of crops have been damaged. The total sowing area of gram was 20.57 lakh hectare. According to the department, the estimated damage is a loss of 5-15 percent.

Besides, mustard was sown in 38.98 lakh hectare but 2-20 percent was damaged. There is a possibility of loss of 5-40 percent of cumin crop. Up to 10.70 percent of Isabgol got damaged.

Cong to march to Raj Bhavan against Centre on March 13

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Pilot corners Centre over misuse of agencies

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Tonk: Former Deputy Chief Minister and Tonk MLA Sachin Pilot visited villages Nawabpura, Khajuria and Bamor under his constituency area and laid the foundation stone of various works while inaugurating various other works on Saturday.

Earlier, Pilot took a meeting of District Administrative Officers at Tonk Circuit House and took the report of development works. After

JDA takes action against illegal colonies in ecological area

First India Bureau Jaipur: The enforcement wing of JDA on Saturday took action against illegal colonies being developed in ecological areas of the city. The JDA team acted in gram Chawand Ka Mand, Luniyawas, Jaisinghpura Khor, Kalingarh, and other nearby areas where illegal colonies were being developed in ecological zones.

Rajasthan Millets Conclave 2023

Kashiram Choudhary reaching Sports Stadium at Tonk, Pilot inspected the ongoing development works there and gave necessary guidelines.

“Efforts are made to intimidate the leaders of the opposition by filing false cases against them through government investigation agencies like ED, CBI, Income Tax so that they cannot raise the issues of public development strongly. This system is harmful for a healthy democracy,” Pilot said.

Jaipur: Chalo Raj Bhavan march will be organized by the Congress under the leadership of PCC President Govind Singh Dotasra on March 13 in protest against the “crony capitalism policy of the Central govt in favour of Adani”. Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, CM Ashok Gehlot, ministers, MLAs, MLA candidates, State Congress office bearers, corporation/board presidents and vice presidents, senior Congressmen including office bearers will participate, said Swarnim Chaturvedi, PCC spokesperson. All Congressmen will gather at Civil Lines Gate where a big meeting will also be organized.

ST-24 sighted in Jamwaramgarh

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Jaipur: The movement of tiger ST-24 has been noticed in Kundal of Jamwaramgarh area. The tiger was seen in a camera trap in Kundal on Saturday. The tiger often remains from Sahu hill to Jali hill. Teams from Jamwaramgarh, Raiser, Achrol, and Sariska do regular monitoring of ST-24.

The tiger was not visible in the camera trap for about 10 days, in such a situation, the for- est officials were concerned. The tiger reached Kundal via Oberoi Farm on Friday.

Crops got damaged in Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Ajmer, Jalore, Pali, Sirohi, Jodhpur, Barmer, Kota, Baran, Bundi, Jhalawar, Udaipur, Banswara.

“A scheme named Jagdamda Vihar (First) was being developed on eight bighas of land in gram Chawand Ka Mand. Illegal constructions were razed at five different locations. The land was falling under the ecological areas and boundary walls were razed without the approval of the JDA,” said a JDA official.

Jaipur: The two-day ‘Rajasthan Millets Conclave - 2023’ will be held in Jaipur from March 13. The millets conclave will be organised by the Agriculture Marketing Department at the State Institute of Agricultural Management in Durgapura. The chief guest of the program will be Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, while the special guest will be Agriculture Minister Lal Chand Kataria and Minister of Rajasthan Agriculture Marketing Murari Lal Meena.

On Saturday, Minister Murari Lal Meena took stock of prepara-

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tions and gave necessary directions to the officials. “Twenty percent of the country’s millet is being pro-

Women honoured at Indira Mahila Shakti event for doing excellent work

BJP hosts event on women empowerment

Kamal Kant Vyas duced in Rajasthan. Bajra and Jowar are produced in large quantities in Rajasthan,” said Meena.

Meeting of state BJP to be held in Jaipur today

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Jaipur: District level ‘Indira Mahila Shakti Protsahan Samman’ ceremony was organized in the Zila Parishad Auditorium on Saturday. Organizations and personalities working in the field of women and girl child development were felicitated in the program organized under the aegis of District Administration and District Women Em- powerment Office. Inaya Foundation was awarded the first prize at the function, while Sarita Yoga was awarded the second and Ekadashi Foundation the third prize. On this occasion, Deputy Director Women’s Empowerment Dr Rajesh Dogiwal also honoured Garima Sharma, Parul and Dr Shraddha for playing an important role in public awareness in the Udaan scheme.

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Neeta Buchra, state co-convenor of the BJP industry cell was also present. About 150 entrepreneurs, including women attended the programme. A large number of women workers of the BJP were also present in the programme.

First India Bureau Jaipur: An important meeting of state office representatives will be held on March 12 at the BJP headquarters in the state capital. In this meeting, along with the outline of the work to be done by the party in the coming days, the preparations for the upcoming state election will also be discussed. There are reports that in-charge Arun Singh may also attend the meeting. If party sources are to be believed, elections are to be held at the end of this year. In view of this, very less time is left to surround the Gehlot government of the state on anti-people issues. A strategy will be chalked out in the meeting to gherao the government.

Kanota Dam to be developed as eco-adventure site

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First India Bureau Jaipur: In order to promote water-based tourism activities, Jaipur’s Kanota Dam will be developed as an eco-adventure tourism site. Tourism Secretary Gayatri Rathore wrote a letter to Jaipur District Collector Prakash Rajpurohit regarding this.

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In the letter, Rathore has requested for 25 bighas for MICE centre