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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Pesticide used by Maharashtra victims banned in Punjab -Shishir Arya

Pesticide used by Maharashtra victims banned in Punjab -Shishir Arya

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published Published on Feb 8, 2018   modified Modified on Feb 8, 2018
-The Times of India

NAGPUR (Maharashtra): Even as the issue of pesticide inhalation deaths dog Maharashtra government, Punjab has come up with a ban on monocrotophos as well as 19 other pesticides. As a state can impose ban on a pesticide for not more than 60 days, in Punjab orders to stop issuing fresh licences as well as renewal have been issued.

Accidental inhalation of pesticides led to 52 deaths in Vidarbha between July to September last year. It was found that majority of the victims had used monocrotophos either purely or mixed with some other pesticide. Even Maharashtra government had gone for a 60-day ban after the deaths. This is because complete ban can be imposed only by the central government. A special investigation team (SIT), formed to probe the pesticide deaths, has also recommended to ban the molecule in Maharashtra.

Sources in the agriculture department here say that the 60-day ban is over and there are no further curbs in Maharashtra not even on the licences.

Meanwhile, the special secretary (agriculture) in Punjab has written to the agriculture commissioner there that the use of 20 pesticides, including monocrotophos, has been discontinued. The commissioner's office has also been directed to review all the licenses given for sale of the 20 pesticides and also not to issue any fresh licences as well.

Talking to TOI, the special secretary in Punjab Vikas Garg said primarily the ban has been imposed for 60 days. However, apart from it fresh licences will not be issued and the existing ones not renewed on expiry as well. The move is on the basis of recommendations by Punjab Agricultural University and state farmers' commission.

Soon after deaths due to pesticide inhalation, Maharashtra government had imposed a ban on five chemicals including monocrotophos. Sources in the state government say at present there is no ban on the pesticides like monocrotophos. "There is no curb on renewal or granting of licences in Maharashtra," said an official in state's agriculture department.

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The Times of India, 7 February, 2018, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/pesticide-used-by-maharashtra-victims-banned-in-punjab/articleshow/62811335.cms


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