Sonari, Aug. 2 -- Assam Minister for Agriculture, Irrigation and Parliamentary Affairs, Pijush Hazarika, on Sunday visited Charaideo district and undertook a series of programmes in Mahmora and Sonari Legislative Assembly Constituencies (LACs) to review the ongoing post-flood agricultural rehabilitation measures and interact with affected farmers, the release said.

The Minister commenced his visit by formally launching the paddy seed sowing programme for a Community Paddy Nursery for flood-affected farmers at the playground of Ghilaguri High School under Mahmora LAC. The initiative, undertaken by the District Agriculture Office, aims to ensure the timely availability of paddy seedlings for farmers whose crops were damaged in the recent f...