DG Horticulture, Kashmir chairs review meeting of the department

SRINAGAR : The Director General (DG) Horticulture, Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat today chaired a review meeting at Directorate of Horticulture Rajbagh, here.

During the meeting, the DG took review of all the Departmental schemes and emphasized upon all the officers and concerned agencies for timely completion of given targets. He urged the officer to make proper and full expenditure and said that low expenditure on the part of any Officer shall not be accepted.

The DG further instructed them to speed up the implementation of the Modified High Density Plantation Scheme, for which a target of 5500 Hectares has been fixed for a period of 6 years.

He urged the Officers to make frequent visits to the field and conduct awareness camps on a routine basis and provide the growers with latest technical knowhow. Improvement of work culture in the offices, maintaining a grower friendly atmosphere and skill development of the staff were also among many instructions given to the officers.

The meeting was attended by Chief Horticulture Officers, and other Divisional level officers of the Department. The representatives of empanelled agencies for modified High Density Plantation Scheme also attended the meeting.