Rudrapur, April 26 -- State Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and District In-charge, Ganesh Joshi, inaugurated the newly constructed Regional Soil Testing Laboratory and Office of the Agriculture Department in Rudrapur. The facility has been built at a cost of Rs 197.00 lakh by the executing agency, Rural Works Department, Udham Singh Nagar.

During the inauguration, the minister distributed Soil Health Cards to 15 farmers. He highlighted that the excessive use of fertilisers in the region has led to a decline in soil fertility. This laboratory will test soil in farmers' fields to determine the levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, magnesium, potash, sulphur, zinc, iron, copper, and other essential nutrients. Based on these tests, f...