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4. Drip irrigation is also introduced for horticulture crops in selected farms. As a result, farm
management has considerably improved and their yield also increased.

5. Provision of drinking water in sufficient quantity is one of the priorities taken under Pradhan
Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) Thus, reservoirs, community and individual water
tanks had been constructed in the areas where supply of water is scanty and scarcity of water
is rampant.

6. Pumping System is one of the most remarkable achievements of the scheme that has
considerably eased the life of people who had been suffering scarcity of water. It was
installed in Tokalo and Amotlah with which huge quantity of water had been pumped from
the nearby rivers.

Turmeric Cultivation
With implementation of the PMKSY programme, certain strategies have been adopted to raise the
per capita income of rural people in our district. In recognition of the potentials that are untapped in
the district for such a long period of time and in realizing the need to have a crucial paradigm shift in
economic policy to fully exploit these potentials, the district administration has tried to make best use
of the PMKSY scheme with the main objective of bringing about a sustainable development in the
long run.
In view of achieving economic prosperity for the poverty stricken people, turmeric cultivation was
introduced in Tisopi village. Of the 89 numbers of households in the village, 30 families chose to
cultivate turmeric with great enthusiasm.

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