Fazilka: 25 March, 2017: To utilise the fertile land available in the vicinity of the anganwadi centres and with an aim to provide the students of these centres, organic vegetable for food, a new unique venture "Saadi Bagichi" has been launched by Isha Kalia, DC of Fazilka. Under this venture, organic vegetable will be grown on the vacant lands available in the anganwadi centres.
Saadi Bagichi (kitchen garden) will serve as a small-scale form of organic vegetable growing, because many big plots are lying available in the vicinity of few anganwadi centres and besides, it will keep the vacant land as green and environmental favorable, instead of a dumping ground. It will also promote vegetable gardening concept among the students as well as the villagers in addition to provide a supplement to their family's diet.
Speaking with APS Brar at village Katihera and Vajidpur Katian wali, DC Isha kalia said "Land is a value able resource, we shall take full advantage of the such vacant lands available in the vicinity of anganwadi centres. We are attempting to give it a purpose, by establishing vegetable gardens under the "Saadi Bagichi" program". This program will serve a double purpose, on the one hand it will provide organic vegetable for the anganwadi students and secondly it will convey a message of clean & green environment said Isha Kalia.
Isha Kalia said "A clean environment is very necessary to live a peaceful and healthy life. But our environment is getting affected and dirty day by day because of some negligence of human beings". So, we have decided to grow organic vegetables on the fertile vacant lands available in the anganwadi centres.
Isha Kalia further said "We have involved village panchayats, NREGA labours and NGOs in this venture. Seed kits will be supplied by the horticulture department". Pesticides and spray will not be used in the cultivation process.
We have identify 198 anganwadi centres in the district to establish "Saadi Bagichi". Today we have started this venture in 42 anganwadi centres out of 66 in block Khuian sarvar, others will be covered within next few days disclosed Isha Kalia.
It is pertinent to mention here, that Isha Kalia is one of the proactive officers of the state administration. She had introduced various initiatives as DC of Fazilka and ADC Mansa. Her "Field Friday" mechanism has been very successful in Fazilka. To speed up the development works and to keep on regular monitoring of the projects, After joining as Deputy Commissioner at Fazilka, Isha Kalia introduced a new monitoring mechanism, named as “Field Friday” (FFD). It mandated that every Friday of the week, teams of administration including her (Isha) will fan out in the field to check out the ongoing developments works in the rural & urban areas, besides interacting with people to get feedback. It was a successful venture. (APS Brar 9814313405)