GCDA’s kitchen garden project kicks off

: Mayor Tony Chammany has extended support to the nature club initiative of the Greater Cochin Development Authority aimed at generating pesticide-free vegetables and ensuring food security.

Mr. Chammany said that the Kochi Corporation is ready to provide fertilizers free of cost besides joining hands with the authority in marketing the products. He was speaking at the distribution of seeds and fertilizers to beneficiaries under the GCDA’s ‘Ente Adukalathottam’ (my kitchen garden) project here on Wednesday.

The Mayor said that the Corporation will extend all help to the initiative that would boost production of vegetables in the State and achieve self sufficiency, he said. GCDA Chairman N. Venugopal said that the corporation has plans to widen the scope of the project by involving the residents associations in Ernakulam. Cash prizes will be given to people, who successfully participate in the initiative, he said.

Mayor Tony Chammany said that the Kochi Corporation is ready to provide fertilizers free of cost and join hands with the authority to market the products.