Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, RK Mathur visited Polycarbonate greenhouses, Potato Storage Technology demonstration and Cooperative cold storage unit on February 6.

He was accompanied by Secretary, Agriculture/Horticulture, Ravinder Kumar.

While visiting DIHAR’s Potato Storage Technology Demonstration at Kharu, L-G Mathur interacted with Director, DIHAR, Dr OP Chaurasia; Chief Agriculture Officer, Leh, Tashi Tsetan; Scientist, DIHAR, Dr Dorje Angchuk and members of Cooperative Society, Kharu.

He appreciated DIHAR for the experiment of the stocking of organic potatoes for the Army during the winter.

L-G Mathur visited the Polycarbonate greenhouses constructed by DIHAR in collaboration with the Agriculture Department at Thiksey. Agriculture Department has constructed more than 100 polycarbonate greenhouses in Leh and is planning to construct around 1,000 more polycarbonate greenhouses in the next financial year.

LG Mathur appreciated the farmers and members of Ama Tsogspa for producing green vegetables in the winters as people of Ladakh suffer from a lack of micro-nutrients in the winter due to the shortage of vegetables. He also assessed the vermicompost unit in the village.

Members of Ama Tsogspa informed about the issues faced by the farmers in producing green vegetables during the winter and the problem of water for irrigation.

LG Mathur also visited the 1000 MT Cooperative cold storage unit at Agling to take stock of the items stored in the facility. The concerned officials of the Cooperative Department, Leh, briefed LG Mathur of the operation and stocking of vegetables and other essential commodities at the cold storage facility.

Later, LG Mathur visited the Nursery-cum-Demonstration site and Agriculture Rural Technology Centre of GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (NIHE).

Head, Ladakh Regional Centre, GB Pant NIHE, Dr Subrat Sharma briefed LG Mathur about the simple, low-cost portable polyhouse and other plants and vegetables grown at the site.