Udham Singh Nagar, June 26 -- The 'Khet Bachao Abhiyan' (Save the Farmland Campaign), organised by the Agriculture Department at Gandhi Maidan in Rudrapur, was inaugurated on Friday.

The campaign was inaugurated by Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Agriculture and Cabinet Minister Ganesh Joshi and District In-charge Minister, as well as Transport and Information Technology Minister Pradeep Batra, by lighting the ceremonial lamp.

On the occasion, nine development projects worth Rs 46.32 crore were inaugurated, while foundation stones were laid for 32 development projects worth Rs 323.34 crore, taking the total value of inaugurated...