Young Male Sheep - Ram lambs

Male Sheep	What is it Called?
Young Male Sheep	Ram Lamb
Castrated Male Sheep	Wether
Adult Male Sheep	Ram
Slang for Adult Male Sheep	Buck
Name for Male Sheep in the UK	Tup
Male Sheep Without Horns	Polled
Male Sheep With Horns	Horned

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The Waltair Railway Division is planning to set up Roof-Top Solar Plants

In an attempt to go green, the Waltair railway division is planning to set up roof-top solar plants at the city railway stations and other offices in public private partnership (PPP mode).

ప్రత్యామ్నాయ  ఇంధన వనరుల వాడకం పెంచడంలో భాగంగా విశాఖ రైల్వేస్టేషన్ అతి త్వరలో సోలార్ వైపు అడుగులు వేస్తోంది.

వాల్తేరు రైల్వే డివిజన్ పరిధిలో అన్ని రైల్వే స్టేషన్స్ మరియు రైల్వే ఆఫీస్ బిల్డింగుల మీద సోలార్ ప్యానల్స్ ప్రభుత్వ ప్రైవేట్ భాగస్వామ్యంతో ఏర్పాటు చేయబోతున్నారు.

ఈ ప్రాజెక్టుకు సంబంధించి రెన్యూ సోలార్ పవర్ ప్రై
వేట్ లిమిటెడ్ కంపెనీ వాల్తేర్ రైల్వే డివిజన్ తో 25 సంవత్సరముల ఒప్పందం కుదుర్చుకుంది.

ఈ ఒప్పందం లో భాగంగా అతి తక్కువ ఖర్చుతో సోలార్ రూఫ్ టాప్ ద్వారా 1 మెగావాట్ విద్యుత్ ఉత్పత్తి  చేయడానికి అంగీకారం కుదరింది.
ఈ విధమైన అవగాహన ఒప్పందం గ్రీన్ ఎనర్జీ వైపు ప్రభుత్వం వేస్తున్న గొప్ప ముందడుగు.

Vanam-Manam reaches just 20 per cent of its target in AP

Green cover withers 

The government's ambi-tious plans to achieve 50 per cent green cover in the state remains a dream in the absence of any action to achieve the goal. The forest department is lagging behind in the Vanam-Manam initiative launched by the AP gov-ernment to increase the green cover in the state. The forest department was entrusted with plant-ing 6.65 crore saplings. It has achieved 20 per cent of the task with only 1.38 crore plants on the ground. The progress of the targets given to other departments is even worse. The district water management agency (DWMA) was given a tar-get of 42.74 lakh planta-tions but it has reached only 2.92 latch, which is only 6.8 per cent. The forest department has claimed it has reached more than the intended target in devel-oping stocks with the nurseries. According to the data on the CM's dashboard, for a target of developing 15.02 crore saplings, it has 15...- crore saplings in stock. However, the utilisation of the stocks was only 44.5 per cent. Moreover, there is no clarity as to how many plants have survived, as there's no supervision after the saplings were planted. The government has announced that all the tress were geo-tagged and the self-help groups are entrusted with the protection of these trees. However, the situation on the ground tells a differ-ent story. At many places where the mass planta-tion drive was taken up, the plants have withered.

Saplings withered at Kotthuru Tadepalli, where Chief Minister par-ticipated in mass planta-tion programme of Vanam Manam near Vijayawada, on Tuesday.

At Kotturu Tadepalli where CM Chandrababu Naidu himself participat-ed in the plantation drive, a handful of plants have survived. Only the saplings planted on either side of the pathway, watered occasionally, have survived but with-out any growth even after almost a year.

The government is fac-ing criticism on conduct-ing mass plantation pro-grammes without consid-ering practicality.

 Environmentalist Duggaraju Srinivasarao has observed that plant-ing 1 crore saplings on a single day is next to impossible. It needs at least 30 sq ft of space for a canopy to grow, but the saplings were planted without leaving even 10 sq ft. As a result, most of

■ ANDHRA Pradesh has 36914.78 sq km of notified forestlands; of which 9241.77 sq km are of scrub forests and 3900.49 non-forestlands.

 ■ AP HAS 22 per cent of notified cover when com-pared to the total land available in the state. Out of the total notified forest area, more than 8 per cent was degraded.

 ■ A SENIOR forest official said their first priority is to rejuvenate the degraded forest area through seed dibbling.

 ■ ENVIRONMENTALISTS termed the mass planta-tion drives as namesake exercises without commit-ment.

them have died. These are all namesake exercises with school children.
which all the same pro-vides photo opportunities for ministers.

State has its share in green loss 

The state government had its share of vanish-ing green cover. The gov-ernment is acquiring thousands of acres of forestlands for various development projects in the state. The govern. ment has de-notified nearly 34,000 acres in cap-ital region and now plans are afoot to acquire near-ly 9,324 acres of forest-land for Amaravati-Anantapur express high-way in Guntur. Prakasam, Kadapa. Kurnool and Anantapur districts. The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act gave a provision to de-notiry the degraded forestlands for the purpose of con-structing the capital for the new state. However even this provision comes with riders that the state government should develop double the amount of forest according to Compe-nsatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) Act. The state government did not put in any efforts towards developing com-pensatory afforestation. Environmentalists doubt that the huge scale of publicity to Vanam-Manam and other pro-grammes with inflated figures was actually to bypass the law and to show that they have thi-nned the norms.

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3 Things To Keep In Mind Before Growing Tomatoes

Tomatoes are known for their juiciness and nutrition, forming a quintessential part of almost everyone’s diet.

Tomato cultivation takes place in different parts of the world, throughout the year. From large-scale farmers maintaining large plantations to individual homeowners rearing tiny home gardens, tomatoes are the chosen crops of many kinds of people.

If you’re looking to grow tomatoes for commercial purposes, it’s important to know certain details well-beforehand. Read on to find out more.

Maintain Optimal Soil Conditions

Tomatoes grow in a wide variety of soils, but the most optimal types for tomato cultivation include loam and sandy loam soils. It’s important to ensure that the soil is loose and well-drained. This prevents any damage that may be caused due to water logging and also makes way for easy root growth.

Heavy clay soils are not recommended for tomato cultivation. However, the texture of such a soil type can be improved by tilling and addition of sand, sawdust, etc.

Tomato plants grow best in soils with neutral to near-neutral pH levels. They are moderately tolerant to slightly acidic soils with pH levels between 5.5 to 6.8, provided the soil is aerated and free from salts.

Choosing The Right Seeds

Check for diseased or broken seeds and discard them. Early germinating seeds that are uniform in shape and size should be picked for sowing. You need to sow seeds in well-prepared seedbeds that have the right nutrition to support the baby plants.

After initial germination, tomato seeds develop embryonic cotyledons that need to be carefully differentiated from true leaves.  You should transplant seedlings only after they’ve developed true leaves and that too, at the optimal time.

At Sneha Nursery, we grow tomato seedlings in a scientific manner. The seedlings grown in our advanced greenhouses are supplied with the optimal nutrition in a soil type that’s highly amenable to their growth. With our seedlings, you’ll be able to easily achieve uniform yields.

Moreover, our seedlings are resistant to a variety of adverse environmental conditions and endure any undue shock caused due to transplantation.

Fertilizers As And When Required

Nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus are the three main ingredients of most plant fertilizers. These elements are crucial to the growth of tomatoes as well. Nitrogen encourages leaf growth and enhances chlorophyll production. However, in tomato plants, too much nitrogen can lead to excessive leaf growth, which in turn discourages blossoms and fruits.

Phosphorus helps with flowering and also aids in energy production, while potassium helps in fighting diseases and improves fruit quality. In fact, once the plant starts flowering, it’s recommended to increase the supply of potassium.

Tomato plants also require secondary nutrients such as calcium, magnesium and sulfur, but in lesser quantities. Calcium optimizes nutrient availability and is useful in maintaining cell health. Sulfur helps in the formation of proteins and amino acids and magnesium is related to photosynthesis and chlorophyll production.

Even micronutrients such as zinc, iron, molybdenum, etc. are necessary for many reasons, but in much lesser quantities. For example, molybdenum helps the plant in properly using nitrogen while zinc aids in proper sugar consumption.

If you want a bumper crop of tomatoes this coming season, then do remember to implement these points. With the right measures, tomato cultivation can be easy and highly rewarding.

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Center Bans Sale of Cows For Slaughter at Animal Markets

The Ministry of Environment and Forests on Thursday notified new rules under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, banning the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter at animal markets across India.

The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017, issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, allows only farmland owners to trade at animal markets. The Centre has also notified the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Care and Maintenance of Case Property Animals) Rules, 2017. The notification covers bulls, bullocks, cows, buffaloes, steers, heifers and calves, as well as the camel trade. They also require anyone purchasing cattle to provide an undertaking that the animals are bought for agricultural purposes and not slaughter.

The Rules introduce paperwork for cow traders. For instance, before the trade, both seller and buyer will have to produce identity and farmland ownership documents. After buying a cow, a trader must make five copies of proof of sale and submit them at the local revenue office, the local veterinary doctor in the district of the purchaser, animal market committee, apart from one each for seller and buyer.

The Rules further provide for constitution of a District Animal Market Monitoring Committee, which will be headed by a Magistrate, for regulation of animal markets in the district. The local authority is then directed to make a list of animal markets functional prior to the commencement of the rules. Further, they ban setting of animal markets within 50 km of an international border and 25 km of a state border. Taking animal outside the State will require special approval of the State Government nominee.

The Rules go on to prohibit several practices as “cruel and harmful”. These include animal identification methods such as hot branding and cold branding; shearing and painting of horns, bishoping in horses and ear cutting in buffaloes; casting animals on hard ground without adequate bedding; and use of any chemicals or colors on body parts of animals. Further, the person in charge of an animal has been fixed with the responsibility to ensure that the animal is not caused injury or unnecessary pain or suffering. They also make it mandatory for veterinary inspector to certify proper loading and unloading of animals to ensure they are not cramped inside trucks. The inspector can proceed to mark any animal unfit for sale.

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