State govt puts a cap on storage of onion, potato

Making a statement in this regard before the Assembly, Food and Civil Supply Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama has stated that to pre-empt hoarding of onion and potato in the state, the government has decided to put a cap on the storage of the two commodities. Chudasama said that the decision has been taken so that the two commodities were available to the people of Gujarat while keeping the profit-makers at bay.

A glimpse of hope for paddy growers

Meanwhile, in probably the first of its kind crop advisory owing to delayed monsoon, the Irrigation Department of Ahmedabad district has asked the farmers around the Kharicut Canal to use the canal water only to grow paddy-saplings so that the canal water could be provided to fill village ponds. The Irrigation Department has stated that it is likely to water of Narmada would be available in a limited stock and so it is advisable not to grow paddy, but other less water-intensive crops or fodder. The department has also said that it will not give guarantee of irrigation water availability for water-intensive crops like paddy if, somebody does sowing of the same.