Raipur– The CM has called for strict measures regarding the supply of standard quality fertilizers and seeds per the farmers’ demands before June 15 this year, in preparation for the Kharif season. The CM further stated that enough fertilizers and seeds have been produced and stored in the state and that he has instructed the officials not to let the farmers have problems procuring these supplies. There shall be no compromise when it comes to this issue of negligence.
Sai further elaborated that the demand for Di-Ammonium Phosphate fertilizers was especially significant during the Kharif. He has directed the officials to prepare for adequate provision of such fertilizers to meet the demand due to this increase and satisfy the farmers’ needs.
Besides agrochemicals, CM Sai has paid much attention to social issues such as diseases for which measures are coming up, especially in districts like Jashpur, where snake bites are frequent. He has directed officials to ensure that all the primary and community health centers in these areas are adequately supplied with antisnake venom. Furthermore, he has subsequently answered that trained doctors and other health officers should be on standby at these centers to attend to cases of snake bites and ensure that they do not claim more lives.
Besides the availability of monsoon kits, CM Saikia has also discussed the availability of clean drinking water during the onset of monsoon season. He has directed ministers to check and balance to ascertain that all the state’s tube wells and hand pumps are in proper order, cleaned, and chlorinated. Moreover, he has ordered that all essential appropriate life-saving medicines be made available in the hospitals and health centers across the state for use during monsoon and its health complications.
The Chief Minister has also declared that the health department must constantly monitor these areas, even the villages prone to infectious diseases. This they use to prevent the breakout of diseases that may be likely to prevail during the rainy season as they prepare adequate measures to prevent these diseases.
In liaison with Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai, these elaborate guidelines clearly demonstrate that he is focusing on sustainable agricultural yields by protecting people’s health this summer and before the onset of the Kharif season and the monsoon period.