Water pump, pipe distributed to farmers
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 11 2021:
Continuing assistance to financially unsound farmers, political activist Seram Neken provided water pump and pipe to farmers of Kongba Uchekon on Sunday.
Regarding distribution of essential agricultural equipment, Seram Neken said that farmers of the state are unable to sow paddy seeds due to lack of water as the state has been receiving scanty rainfall so far and hence water pump and pipe were distributed to Uchekon farmers so that they could pump water from Kongba river and irrigate their fields.
Mention may be made here that Seram Neken had earlier distributed seven water pumps (electric) of 2 horsepower, five diesel pumps of 5 horsepower to farmers of Uchekon, Bashikhong and Khongman apart from donating petrol and diesel to farmers of the areas having RLI facility.
On the other hand, the social worker, who is preparing to contest the upcoming assembly election from Thongju AC, also donated edible items to Apunba Manipur Matam Ishei Kanglup (AMMIK) as part of his assistance towards people affected by COVID-19.The donated items include rice, pulses, potato and onion.