RAIDS ON PESTICIDE DEALERS
On the basis of complaints
received by the Union Ministry of Agriculture that spurious pesticides
are being marketed in a major way by certain unscrupulous dealers
in Delhi, officials of the Plant Protection Division of the Ministry
carried out raids in the Indira Market area (Old Subzi Mandi area)
in the weekend. 18 samples of pesticides were collected from several
pesticide dealers which were sent for testing.
The Ministry has
decided to take stringent action against the dealers whose samples
are found spurious and misbranded. It has also decided to go for
regular surprise raids to check the growing menace of spurious
pesticides, finding their way into the market.
