The state government is preparing the ground to start the water development system Indra Solar Giri. The scheme, the other main initiative of the Congress Government, assumes that the lands are assigned to the tribal communities according to the law Rofr (planned tribes and other traditional forest residents (recognition of the Act on Lesy Rights, 2006)) into cultivation and economically seize the ordinary community. The aim of this program is to benefit from tribal farmers waiting for a free source of energy to cultivate their growing poda, where forest soil is cleaned by cutting and burning vegetation to form a field.
However, this process was affected by obstacles as an administrative delay concerning permits from the relevant departments, especially the forest department. It was in this background, the representative of the main Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramark convened a meeting of higher officials to solve the dead ends in providing permits to ensure continuous power to these farms. Mr. Bhatti Vikramarka claimed that the Congress Government assigned considerable resources to this system that no other state did in the country. Indira Solar Giri’s water development system is expected to satisfy the irrigation needs of six acrus of the Lakhs in favor of more than 2.1 lake tribal farmers in the next five years. The scheme will be launched by the main Minister A. Revanth Reddy in Mannanur in the AChampnet 18th election district of May 18, and it was proposed that the whole cabinet would be present at the event.
The Minister’s representative said that ITDA officials, electricity and horticulture departments would play a key role in the project implementation and wanted them to plan an effective introduction of the project. Selected tribal villages, which received land titles, would be examined in terms of water availability, followed by drilling drilling, installation of solar pumps, plantations and drilling systems to ensure that farmers do not face problems. Mr. Bhatti Vikramarka suggested that crop cultivation such as avocado, bamboo, pomegranate, dragon fruit and figs that would be rewarding. Therefore, the officials concerned should perform programs for tribal farmers in this respect. The officials concerned should visit other states where such experiments have been fulfilled with success.
The Minister’s representative ordered the officials concerned to identify crops that could generate revenues and revenues in the short -term horizon, because plantations such as palm oil and bamboo would take at least three years to create revenue for farmers. He wanted officials to explore possibilities such as Himachal Pradesh, where emulation in the ITDA areas was balanced into the national capital.
Published – May 8, 2025 9:07
