Horticulture Department to launch plants website

BANGALORE: The State Horticulture Department is soon launching a website, which will provide all  relevant details on plants and vegetables. Speaking to Express, Dr E Muralidhara, Chairman, Hortidoctors Diary Committee said, “The website- www.hortidoctors.com, which is likely to be launched on September 14 will provide farmers with information on horticulture products, horticulture exports and various schemes available for farmers.”  Through this website, anyone can post their queries related to plants, fruits, vegetables, pesticides and fertilizers.In addition to the general information about Lalbagh and Cubbon Park,  all technical details related to horticulture will be available on the  website. Details of all the officials from Horticulture Department will  also be available. “As of now there are about 1,200 officers on duty. Contact numbers, address and names of all the officers working across the  State in different districts and cities   will be available on the  website” said Muralidhara. When asked about the purpose of coming up with the website, he said, “people are getting extremely busy and hardly get time to visit the library or laboratory to gather information. At this juncture people  want easily available information, this website will make their work very easy.  The Horticulture Department also wants to generate awareness among  farmers through this website. He said, “as most  farmers and people from the agricultural sector are illiterate, we will be focusing on their children who could in turn help their parents .”