Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 26: Aiming to provide genuine pesticides and quality agriculture-inputs to the farmers in North Kashmir, the Law Enforcement Team from Baramulla today recovered expired pesticides worth lakhs of rupees.
The team has carried out drives to undertake a vigorous inspection of pesticide and fertilizer shops over the past week to prevent the sale of spurious agri-inputs.
The team during the inspection recovered expired pesticides worth lakhs of rupees from a dealer in Goshbugh Pattan area of Baramulla.
“M/S Yatoo Pesticides at Goshbugh Pattan was raided and expired pesticides worth lakhs of rupees were recovered from the dealer,” an official said adding that an FIR was lodged against the Dealer at police station Pattan.
Law Enforcement Inspector Baramulla, Firdous Ahmed, and Law Enforcement officer, Department of Agriculture, Syed Jeelani was part of the team that inspected the quality of insecticides in different areas of the district.
The official said 7 items in large quantities were seized and they were all expired. “The expired stock that was seized amounts to Rs 30 lakhs,” he said
He also said that the checking of pesticide shops would continue till the massive drive against unscrupulous dealers reach its logical end as the sole aim of this move was to prevent them from selling or supplying spurious pesticides in Valley.
The official said that some of the expired pesticide brands include Starbor, Sway, Relay 101, Boom and Sylit and others.
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