Minister for Agriculture P. Prasad will inaugurate vegetable cultivation at the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare, Thycaud, as part of the ‘Onathinu Oru Muram Pachakari’ initiative on Thursday.
Vegetables such as lady’s finger, amaranthus, tomato, bitter gourd, long beans, snake gourd, ivy gourd, Indian cucumber, and so on will be cultivated on around 10 cents of land on the council’s premises.
Council general secretary G.L. Arun Gopi and other office-bearers and employees will tend to the veggies in time for an Onam harvest.