<p>Bengaluru: Over 15,000 people participated in the ‘Krishi Santhe’ and the 34th state-level kite festival and competition held at the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), GKVK, in the city on Saturday.</p>.<p>A total of 36 teams, including 12 state-level teams, participated in the kite flying festival.</p>.<p>Agriculture Minister and Pro-Chancellor of UAS, N Chaluvaraya Swamy, who inaugurated the fair, said that the event was beneficial to both farmers and the public.</p>.The hands that fashion the kites.<p>These kinds of fairs offer the public an opportunity to purchase fresh agricultural produce at subsidised rates. Seeds, value-added millets, organic produce, materials needed for plant growth, fertilisers, organic pesticides, handicrafts, sericulture by-products, mushroom products, apiculture products, chemical-free jaggery, and farming-related publications were also available at the fair.</p>.<p>Dr S V Suresha, Chancellor, UAS, along with members of the organising committee Dr T K Prabhakara Shetty, Dr H L Harish, Dr M Chandregowda, and other UAS staff, were present.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Over 15,000 people participated in the ‘Krishi Santhe’ and the 34th state-level kite festival and competition held at the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), GKVK, in the city on Saturday.</p>.<p>A total of 36 teams, including 12 state-level teams, participated in the kite flying festival.</p>.<p>Agriculture Minister and Pro-Chancellor of UAS, N Chaluvaraya Swamy, who inaugurated the fair, said that the event was beneficial to both farmers and the public.</p>.The hands that fashion the kites.<p>These kinds of fairs offer the public an opportunity to purchase fresh agricultural produce at subsidised rates. Seeds, value-added millets, organic produce, materials needed for plant growth, fertilisers, organic pesticides, handicrafts, sericulture by-products, mushroom products, apiculture products, chemical-free jaggery, and farming-related publications were also available at the fair.</p>.<p>Dr S V Suresha, Chancellor, UAS, along with members of the organising committee Dr T K Prabhakara Shetty, Dr H L Harish, Dr M Chandregowda, and other UAS staff, were present.</p>