SRINAGAR, April 28 -- Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, IAS, Director Sericulture J&K, today inaugurated the construction of low-cost silkworm rearing huts in District Ganderbal. The initiative has been jointly organized by the Sericulture Development Department J&K and the College of Temperate Sericulture (CoTS), SKUAST-K, Mirgund, Baramulla.

Speaking on the occasion, Bhat reaffirmed the department's commitment to augmenting infrastructure and providing state-of-the-art facilities to silkworm rearers, particularly focusing on landless farmers. He emphasized the department's dedicated efforts towards empowering the farming community by creating better rearing conditions, thereby improving cocoon production and quality. Bhat urged farmers, youth, women fo...