Farmers’ Organization Gujarat (KSG) President Jayesh Patel has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting an interim reduction of Rs 1 lakh per hectare to about 50,000 farmers of Bharuch for crop injury attributable to chemical phenoxy. Compounds within the air by chemical industries within the district.
In the letter, a duplicate of which is with the Indian Express, Patel mentioned, “The Dahej Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region, the GIDC of Dahej and Vilayat, has extremely hazardous mega chemical manufacturing corporations within the district, principally producing pesticides, prescription drugs and petrochemicals. does. Chemicals, metals, energy plant chemical compounds in bulk. Non-compliance of assorted environmental safeguards, violation of the Air Act and non-measurement of poisonous chemical compounds current within the air have prompted big injury to the native atmosphere. The launch of sure chemical phenoxy compounds has prompted injury to agricultural crops all through Bharuch. Most of the cotton and tur crops have been affected in 70,000 hectares and farmers are compelled to destroy the deformed crops.
“The affected area of cotton plantation is around 70,000 hectares and approx. In Bharuch and Vadodara region, almost all the crops of 50,000 farmers have been destroyed in such a large area. (Vagra, Amod, Bharuch, Jambusar, Karjan talukas are the most affected),” he mentioned.
Along with the letter was hooked up the report of the Bharuch District Agriculture Officer to the District Collector and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) together with the diagnostic workforce of agricultural universities.
According to KSG, the report clearly states that the discharge of phenoxy compounds like 2,4 d and a pair of, 4 dB current within the air is liable for the present drawback. There is not any mechanism obtainable with GPC8 to measure such chemical compounds and pollution within the air, so the GPCB, a member of the diagnostics workforce, has refused to signal the report.
Patel mentioned, “All manufacturing items releasing such poisonous substances ought to be given rapid closure discover. The evaluation of crop injury in Vagra, Amod, Bharuch, Jambusar, Karjan taluka ought to be began instantly by the district collector and Interim compensation ought to be given to compensate the farmers for the loss. We demand Rs 1 lakh per hectare as interim reduction to these farmers who’ve misplaced their crops.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
