Haldwani. Agriculture Minister Ganesh Joshi conducted on-site inspection of the venue of Shri Anna Mahotsav to be organized in Haldwani, the gateway to Kumaon. Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Ministers and Agriculture Ministers of other states will also participate in the Shri Anna Mahotsav to be organized at MB Inter College, Haldwani.
State Agriculture Minister Ganesh Joshi reached Haldwani today and did an on-site inspection of the venue along with senior officials of the department in connection with the Shri Anna Mahotsav to be organized at the MB Inter College ground in Haldwani on 7th and 8th October.
The Minister inspected the spot and gave necessary directions to the officials regarding all preparations related to the program. He directed that all the arrangements including seating of people, water security arrangements at the venue of Shri Anna Mahotsav should work in a planned manner on time.
After this, Minister Ganesh Joshi held a meeting with departmental officials, district administration and local public representatives regarding the Shri Anna Mahotsav to be organized in the coming month of October at the Municipal Corporation Auditorium in Haldwani.
He directed the officials to work in mutual coordination with public representatives and district administration officials for the successful implementation of the program.
Agriculture Minister Ganesh Joshi said that Shri Anna (Millets) Festival is going to be organized in Haldwani on 7th and 8th October. In which, apart from Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Union Minister of State for Defense Ajay Bhatt, Agriculture Ministers of other states will also participate.
Agriculture Minister Ganesh Joshi also directed the officials to carry out all the preparations for the ShriAnn Mahotsav in a planned manner and said that the purpose of organizing the ShriAnn Mahotsav is to educate the people about the production of coarse grains and its marketing as well as to educate the people about the importance of ShriAnn. To bring awareness.
He said that due to the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the United Nations General Assembly has declared the year 2023 as the International Year of Millets. The minister said that in Uttarakhand, under the leadership of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the state government has been continuously working for the promotion and marketing of millets.
The minister said that to promote millets, the state government has previously organized millet banquets at Dehradun Chief Minister’s residence and Gairsain. The minister said that the first four-day Millets Mahotsav was organized by the state government in Dehradun to promote and propagate millets.
In which ministers of many states including the Union Agriculture Minister participated. During the meeting, he also expressed the expectation of public representatives to reach Shri Anna Mahotsav in maximum numbers.
Agriculture Minister told that the main attractions of the program are the exhibition of products related to coarse grains (millet) of Uttarakhand, display of millet products and other products by major groups of Uttarakhand, display of products by startups, display of products by major hotels of the state. There will be tableaus of food festival and cultural programs presented by prominent folk artists of the state.
Cultural programs including technical sessions and presentations by the Indian Institute of Millet Research and the students of Agricultural University will also be organized in the Mahotsav. Apart from this, excellent farmers will also be honoured. Stalls related to millet will be set up in Shri Anna Mahotsav. A large number of farmers will participate in the festival.
On this occasion, many people including MLA Nainital Sarita Arya, Lalkuan MLA Mohan Bisht, Secretary Agriculture Deependra Chaudhary, DM Vandana Singh, SSP Prahlad Meena, District President Pratap Bisht, Agriculture Director KC Pathak, MD Biological Vinay Kumar, former MLA Rajesh Shukla were present. .