Palungtar municipality has listed the farmers for the promotion of commercial agriculture. So far, 2,250 farmers have been registered and certified, said city chief Vivash Chintan.

The farmers of wards-6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the city have already been listed, while farmers are being listed in wards-4 and 5, said the city chief Chintan. He said that in other wards, farmers will be listed in the next financial year. "We have started listing to identify real farmers, the work has been completed in some wards, we are doing it this year in two wards," he said. According to the municipality, farmers have been listed by deploying

counters. "After the farmers are listed, it becomes easier to provide subsidies from the municipality, it becomes easier to decide what kind of programs to conduct to make the farmers professional," he said, "it becomes easier to plan according to what the farmers have cultivated." story- Along with listing farmers, soil testing has also been done in the wards of the city. City chief Chintan said that the soil was tested for selecting suitable crops. 'The fertility of the soil is being destroyed by chemical fertilizers, we have also tried to understand the condition of the soil in the fields within the municipality,' he said, 'we will encourage what kind of cultivation can be done in the area after the soil test, and if the soil is damaged, the improvement work will also be done.' In the half-yearly review of policies and programs of 2081/082 passed by the 15th Municipal Assembly on Thursday, the municipality has also informed that two cold stores have been constructed. It is said that a cold store with a capacity of 180 metric tons has been constructed in Ward No. 9 for the marketing and storage of the goods produced by the farmers. "The cold store built in Ward No. 9 is ready for operation," he said.

In Ward 4, the construction of a cold store of 160 metric tons has reached its final stage. It was also informed in the review that irrigation canals were constructed to irrigate 220 plantations of land in 11 places to increase productivity in accordance with the policy of 'use of barren land and support in production'.

Municipality has also started operating a production-based subsidy program for milk at the rate of 3 rupees per liter. Chintan informed that subsidies were provided by operating milk collection centers at Judikhola of Palungtar-7 and Shera of 9. It was also informed in the meeting that 11,665 fruit trees were planted in the forest area and vacant land in coordination with the community forest user committee under the 'forest monkey forest program'.