Sunil Kumar inaugurating sowing operations at the Paalamuri paddy fields, near Manarcadu, in Kottayam on Saturday. Speaking at the inauguration of the sowing operations at the Paalamuri paddy fields near Manarcadu on Saturday, Agriculture Minister V.S. According to him, there is approximately 1,00,000 acres of paddy fields now lying fallow. “The government envisages to covert these fallow lands into rich paddy fields,” he said and added that no one had the right to keep paddy fields fallow. These rivulets had fed the vast expanses of paddy fields with ample water.

Source: The Hindu December 02, 2017 18:17 UTC