Dimapur, May 4 (EMN): Land Resources department, Dimapur division, distributed rubber roller machines to 65 beneficiaries and coffee pulping machines to 25 beneficiaries at 100% subsidy on May 4 in the presence of special guest and ADC Dimapur Atokhe Aye, special invitees and DHO Dimapur Temsu, and DPRO Dimapur Lolano Patton.
Addressing the gathering at the distribution function, the special guest advised the beneficiaries to become successful by utilising the machineries judiciously and be able to stand on their own feet. Stating the Land Resources is a department which invests for the farmers, he encouraged the farmers to avail the facility and to make good records in order to further avail such facilities even in future.
Atokhe also impressed upon the gathering to create awareness and educate the people in their locality/ villages for maintaining appropriate Covid behaviours.
District project officer of Dimapur I Acato Chishi, while reminding the beneficiaries for judicious use of machineries provided by the government, cautioned that GPS tracking for machines installed would be undertaken. He, therefore, advised the beneficiaries not to rent out the machineries provided by the government.
He further said that preference and priority would be accorded to the sincere and dedicated farmers in future.
Highlights of the programme included demonstration of coffee pulper and rubber roller machines by Kimiyekato Shohe. It concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by AI, Aoyanger.