Modernization in agriculture necessary: Communications Minister

LAMJUNG: Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung, has said that modernization in agriculture is essential for the development of the villages.

While inaugurating the boring irrigation system at Simalchaur in Marsyangdi Rural Municipality-8, Lamjung, Minister Gurung urged the locals to focus on farming and production.

Minister Gurung argued that building infrastructure is the government’s responsibility while carrying out development activities is the people’s duty. He expressed the commitment to bring telephone and internet to every household in Lamjung in the current fiscal year.

Urging the full utilization of irrigation after it comes into operation, Minister Gurung, who is also the government spokesperson, informed that the current government has been taking numerous steps for the welfare of the people.

He further urged people not to worry about the longevity of the government as two major parties have formed a coalition to improve the worsened situation in the country.

Commenting that past governments have created instability in the country, Minister Gurung said, “Due to political instability, each government brought its own budget. Revenue was not properly collected, and expenditures could not be made. The current government is working to solve all these issues.”

He stated that the situation of having to rely on monsoon rain for farming will be resolved with the introduction of ground water irrigation.

Addressing the same event, Ward 8 Chairman Dhansingh Tamang expressed the confidence that farming would become easier once the borehole irrigation facility is in operation, mentioning that many fields have remained uncultivated due to water scarcity in the past.

Local consumer Panchakali Gurung expressed the belief that the borehole would be instrumental in the irrigation for farmers in Simalchaur village. With the operation of the borehole, more than 150 households will gain the facility to farm.