Take up issue of resumption of cotton procurement with Centre: Maha CM
By yash chouhan 2025-02-17 11:42:12
Discuss with the Center: Maha CM the matter of resuming cotton procurement.
Jalgaon, Feb 16 (UNI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis assured on Sunday that he will hold talks with the central minister to resume procurement of cotton from farmers in the district, which was stopped by the Cotton Corporation of India Limited (CCI).
Speaking at the farmers' meeting organised on occasion of the Amrit Mahotsav (75 years) of The Shendurni Secondary Cooperative Society, the Amrit Granth publication and the foundation laying ceremony of the new building here, he said that the state government will ensure that the produce of farmers does not remain at home under any circumstances.
The state government will provide all necessary cooperation to change the picture of this area, he asserted.
The Chief Minister expressed that the state government has accorded priority to solve the problems of farmers such as electricity and water.
Farmers who have paid for solar pumps will be given connections within next 15 days and every farmer will be given connections within two months, he assured.
The work of solar feeders is going on rapidly to provide daytime electricity to farmers by 2026, he added.
Fadnavis inaugurated the sewage project and road work under the Urban Upliftment Scheme of Shendurni Nagar Panchayat.
