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Resource persons speaking astatine the 40th instauration time of Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) successful Dharwad person urged farmers to trim the usage of chemicals by adopting earthy farming.
Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Limited (KNNL) Managing Director Rajesh Amminabhavi, who inaugurated the programme, asked farmers to conserve h2o and ungraded and amended productivity by adopting earthy farming practices.
He stated that WALMI has been rendering invaluable services successful h2o and onshore conservation for the past 40 years.
“The instauration exists solely for nationalist service. Farmers and engineers should voluntarily sojourn WALMI and marque due usage of the opportunities. Trainees should go ambassadors of WALMI’s activities and warriors of h2o and onshore conservation. Since engineers of the Water Resources Department enactment continuously with farmers, they should perceive to farmers patiently and enactment with anticipation and assurance without losing morale nether immoderate circumstances,” helium said.
KNNL Chief Administrative Officer R.N. Rudresh said that lone farmers genuinely recognize the value of each driblet of water.
“Today, invaluable earthy resources similar ungraded and h2o are being polluted owed to plastics and chemicals and the groundwater level is declining. Chemical usage should beryllium reduced and the contented of h2o and onshore conservation should beryllium carried forward,’’ helium said.
WALMI Director Girish Maraddi said that the institute gave grooming implicit 15,499 farmers and engineers and others during the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26, till the extremity of December 2025.
“Information connected palmy farmers from six bid areas has been collected. Demonstrations and probe and tract days connected crops specified arsenic sugarcane, soybean, DSR paddy, greenish gram, pigeon pea and safflower person been conducted connected the institute field to amended farmers,” helium said.
“Water harvesting structures person been established connected the WALMI field and probe is being carried retired by scientifically measuring groundwater levels. Awareness is being created done WALMI outlets and peculiar days are being observed to disseminate information,” helium said.
The erstwhile manager of WALMI Rajendra Poddar, National Forensic Sciences University Director Manjunath Ghate, J.R. Dhavale, B.Y. Bandivaddar and others were present, according to a release.
