Chhattisgarh
Self-supporting Gothans
- 28 Aug 2021
- 2 min read
Why in News
- According to the information given by the State Agriculture Department, under the 'Garuva' component of the important flagship scheme 'Suraji Gaon Yojna' of the State Government, out of 5963 Gothans built and actively operated in the State, 1242 Gothans have become self-supporting.
Key Points
- According to the information received from the Agriculture Department, a maximum of 189 Gothans have become self-supporting in Raigarh district. There are 141 Gothans in Kabirdham district at number two and 101 Gothans in Rajnandgaon district at number three.
- Similarly, 25 in Gariaband district, 43 in Dhamtari, 49 in Baloda Bazar, 25 in Raipur district, 64 in Durg, 30 in Balod, 22 in Bemetara, 61 in Korba, 25 in Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, 44 in Janjgir-Champa, 34 in Bilaspur, 20 in Mungeli, 23 in Korea, 36 in Jashpur, 18 in Balrampur, 39 in Surguja, 22 in Surajpur, 69 in Kanker, 21 in Kondagaon, 29 in Dantewada, 5 in Narayanpur, 26 in Bastar, Bijapur 12 and 18 Gothans in Sukma district have become self-supporting.
- It is worth mentioning that in order to promote the conservation and promotion of livestock in the state, the state government has so far approved the construction of Gothans in 10,107 villages, out of which the construction of 5,963 Gothans has been completed and dung has been procured there. Vermi and other income-oriented activities are going on including the manufacture of compost.
- Presently 3,220 Gothans are being constructed at a rapid pace, the work of construction of remaining 924 Gothans is yet to be started.
- So far, green fodder has been planted in about 7,600 acres in more than 4, 000 Gothans, in which hybrid Napier grass has been planted and other fodder has been sown.
