Gadchiroli, The main business of Gadchiroli district is agriculture and the families of many farmers are dependent on the trust of farming. But on the other hand, due to less power supply to the agricultural pumps installed in the fields of the farmers, the crops are not getting irrigation facilities as per their requirement. The brunt of which is falling on crop production.
Due to which Gadchiroli MLA Dr. Devrao Holi and Armori Vis MLA Krishna Gajabe discussed with them in the chamber of Energy Minister Nitin Raut, in the context of supplying 16 hours electricity to the agricultural pumps of Gadchiroli district. At the same time, during the discussion with the minister Raut gave a positive answer. Due to which 16 hours of electricity will be supplied to the agricultural pumps of the district in the coming days. In the meeting, Dinesh Waghmare, Principal Secretary, Energy Department, Vijay Singal, Administrative Director of Electricity Department were present.
While drawing the attention of Energy Minister Raut towards the problems of the farmers of Gadchiroli district, both the MLAs of the district said that Gadchiroli, this district is completely devoid of industry. In such a situation, farmers are making their living by doing farming business. But due to lack of electricity, the state government has not provided the electricity to the fields as per the requirement, there has been a huge loss of crops. In such a situation, electricity is supplied to agricultural pumps only for 8 hours. Many times the power supply keeps on shutting down during this period. Due to which the MLAs have said that the farmer class is completely stricken.
MLA Dr. Holi and MLA Krishna Gajabe put the problems of the farmers of Gadchiroli district in front of Energy Minister Nitin Raut and drew attention to the fact that the farmers are facing huge losses due to the scanty power supply to the agricultural pumps of the district. Where Energy Minister Raut, giving a positive response in the long discussion, has ordered the officers of the concerned department to supply additional power to the agricultural pumps of Gadchiroli district.