Tornado Struck: 200 farmers given seed kits

Vegetable seed kits were distributed to farmers whose crops were destroyed by a tornado that struck in six villages

SIALKOT: The Agriculture Department has distributed vegetable seed kits among as many as 200 farmers whose crops were destroyed by a tornado that struck in six villages in Head Marala-Bajwat in March this year. Social worker Abdul Shakur Mirza said on Thursday that seed kits were arranged by the department in collaboration with two non-governmental organisations – Community Development Concern (CDC) and Madina Trust. Head Marala. .

Published in The Express Tribune, September 16^th, 2011.