Mysuru: Farmers of two villages in Mysuru district, will be trained in food processing skills and efforts will be made by the Defence Food Research Laboratry(DFRL) to strengthen farmers economically in a project which will be taken on a pilot basis shortly, said Defence Minister, Mr Manohar Parikkar.
He was speaking to mediapersons after a meeting in this regard here on Sunday evening. Mr Parikkar said, “The expertise of the Ministry of Defence should not be restricted to the department, they should even reach the common man. Earlier Internet was only used by the defence department, not it is made available to common people.
“The DFRL has a lot of technical skills in food processing and conservation. If farmers are trained in these skills, they can be economically well-off,” he said.
On a question on the Kalasa Banduri and Mahadayi water issues, he said, “Both the issues are before the Tribunals.
“This cannot be resolved through mutual talks. The judgement of the tribunal is final. We tried to resolve the Mahadayi issue out of court earlier, but Karnataka did not co-operate then.”
