KENDRAPADA: The district government is set to begin guava farming on 500 acres of property in a village beneath the mineral-rich Sukinda block at Jajpur district.
The initiative, that was consumed under the District Mineral Fund (DMF) to a pilot basis, intends to offer a source of livelihood to the villagers.
Sukinda MLA Pritiranjan Ghadei on Monday set the basis to the job by planting a tree in a job at Damodarpur at the presence of officials.
“The property identified for its objective is located at Damodarpur village close to the district horticulture office.
Approximately 22 forms of 2 lakh guava saplings will have increased there shortly.
We’ll spend about Rs10 crore from the Rs 1,170 crore DMF for your undertaking.
The agro-climatic states of the scenic terrain of Sukinda allow it to be conducive to guava farming,” Kumar Subhashis, also the group leader of DMF at Jajpur, stated.
MLA Ghadei explained the huge mineral riches of Sukinda along with Danagadi cubes from the district is well-known.
“The country exports oils out of Sukinda.
Shortly, it is also going to begin exporting the guavas increased here,” he added.