‘Desilting Lakes-Silting Farms’- A success mantra to fight drought

Under the State Government sponsored scheme, SSM during last summer desilted twenty-nine lakes and carried out nearly three lakhs twenty thousand cubic meter silt to near by farms making it more fertile and productive.  About 54 farmers had benefits of scheme.

        Local MLA Shri Subhash Sabane and Shri Rajesh Dhurve of NABARD expressed feeling of satisfaction over the success of the scheme.  They had been here for attending a celebration of ‘Jal Pujan’ of Sagroli Lake.