Madhya Pradesh
Air Ventilated Flower Dome
- 29 Jul 2022
- 2 min read
Why In News?
- On July 28, 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers of the Union Government approved the proposal of The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Horticulture and Food Processing, Bharat Singh Kushwah, to set up Madhya Pradesh's first air-ventilated flower dome for flowers in the Karond Mandi complex of Bhopal.
Key Points
- Minister of State Bharat Singh Kushwah said that the construction of air-ventilated flower dome will help the farmers cultivating flowers to get a reasonable price for their crops.
- The farmers who come to the mandi will get the facility to keep the flowers in case they do not get good price and if they get good price, the farmers will be able to sell them. This will also free the farmers from the exploitation of middlemen and the cultivation of flowers will become a profitable business.
- The Minister of State said that this air-ventilated flower dome will be built in Bhopal at a cost of Rs 180.51 lakh. This is the first dome of the state. It has been included in the MIDH scheme of the Department. Along with this, air-ventilated flower domes will be built at other places as per the requirement.
