A meeting was on implementing ‘’Harvester Banks’’ to encourage mechanized cultivation system. The Executive Director of SKDRDP, Dr. L. H. Manjunath inaugurated the programme and discussed about implementing action plans for the 10 active harvester banks with Chief Operating Officer Sri. Anil Kumar S.S. and other officials. So far, SKDRDP has encouraged 38,714 farmers of 80 taluks to adopt mechanized cultivation system.