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Time of India
9 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Telangana's Mulugu to get smart farm: Exotic fruits, new tech; training ground for farmers, students
HYDERABAD: Telangana will soon have a hi-tech horticulture farm. An 80-acre plot in Mulugu is being developed by the Sri Konda Laxman Telangana State Horticultural University (SKLTSHU) where crops will be grown using cutting-edge techniques such as precision farming, high-density planting and protected cultivation. The model farm will feature a wide range of vegetables, fruits, flowers, spices, and condiments, including exotic varieties rarely grown in the state such as bok choy, lettuce, kinnow, blueberries and strawberries. It will also double as a live demonstration centre for farmers, students and agri-entrepreneurs looking to adopt modern techniques. Plotting work has already began at Kotyal village in Mulugu. Though the final list of crops is yet to be finalised, it will have exotic fruits and vegetables along with traditional crops of the state, university vice-chancellor Raji Reddy Danda said. Natarajan Srinivasan, director, Industrial and International Programmes at the university, added: "The farm will feature perennial as well as annual crops. We are planning to grow off-season mango varieties, blueberries, dragon fruit, pineapple, strawberries, among others. Highly nutritious tuber vegetables, broccoli, vertical farming crops such as lettuce and bok choy, and various herbs will also be cultivated. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch CFD với công nghệ và tốc độ tốt hơn IC Markets Đăng ký Undo " Like Tulip Day in Europe, the farm will also feature a demo section of chrysanthemum, which will be handpicked based on parameters to recreate a 'Chrysanthemum Day'. Officials said various research projects will be assigned to both postgraduate and PhD students to address real-time challenges. "We have 42 MSc students who will carry out research for six months, and nine PhD students who will work on projects for one and a half years. We will be allotting these projects on the farm," said Laxminarayana, director of research. He added that the focus will be on three key components - fertigation, mulching and raised bed farming - and will be demonstrated to farmers through training sessions.
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Yahoo
Neighbor weighs in on collection of ordnances from Luzerne home
LUZERNE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News has the latest on a massive amount of explosives found inside a Luzerne County home. The discovery Friday ended with a New Jersey bomb squad collecting hundreds of military ordnances. 28/22 News has now learned more information about the collection and what a neighbor has to say about it. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit had to make two trips to the home to collect roughly 300 military weapons and ammunition. A veteran who passed away in late March owned the ordnances. The sheer number of them is what is so shocking. Video shows just some of what the Fort McGuire Military Bomb Squad removed from a home in Luzerne Borough. Missiles, artillery shells, and grenades were carried out and carefully placed on the ground outside the home along the 300 block of Bennett Street. 'It's definitely a collection they have been working on for a very long time,' Luzerne Borough EMA Director Jason Tarreto said. The woman who owns the home discovered the more than 25-year-old collection Friday afternoon when she was cleaning. Hazleton bursts with color in first-ever Tulip Day Police say it all belongs to her boyfriend, who passed away late March. Jason Tarreto says items date back to the Korean War and even before World War II. Neighbor Daniel Harrison, who lives a couple of doors down from the source of the commotion, was home when authorities first arrived on scene. 'Nobody seemed overly worried, so I also wasn't overly worried,' Harrison explained. Tarreto says there was a mix of ammunition, weapons, and apparel, including uniforms, helmets, and swords. He says some of it even had tags attached as if it came from a flea market. Tarreto and police tell me that's one way to obtain these kinds of ordnances besides bringing them home from the battlefield. 'Everyone has their own hobbies, and that was his,' Harrison added. Harrison says he didn't know his middle-aged neighbor very well or anything about his military experience. Work on Route 315 set to resume in Pittston Township He says until Friday, he didn't know such a cache of explosives could exist in the home either. 'It was a unique day to say the least,' Harrison continued. Unique, too, considering the size of the collection. 'We've had a handful of calls in the past where somebody found an old grenade,' Tarreto said. Those calls are typically handled by the Scranton Bomb Squad, which also assisted in this discovery, but too much for them to handle alone. 'Even the EOD. They say it's been years since anything like this has come up, and the last time they saw it wasn't in a house like this,' Tarreto added. Taretto says if you should ever come across any military ordnance: Do not touch it. Instead, call your local police department so that proper action can be taken. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
