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| Manjit alongwith experts inspect damaged vegetable crops in Vijaypur | | Minister directs stern action against guilty factory owners | |
Jammu, Nov 18
Taking serious note of the total damage of the vegetable crops in Vijaypur constituency, the Minister of State for Education and Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, S. Manjit Singh today conducted tour of Tanda Burg alongwith team of officers of Agriculture Department and other experts and took stock of the damages of crops in the areas.
The Minister visited various vegetable fields to ascertain the cause of damage. The experts also collected samples of various vegetables for testing purposes.
During the interaction with the people, representative of the local area apprised the Minister that vegetables spread over an area of 1600 acres of various villages include Tanda Burg, Dayala Chak, Chajwal, Nai Basti, Mandhak, Chak Bhag etc have been affected.
Speaking on the occasion Minister assured the farmers that agriculture experts have been asked to ascertain the causes and submit their report within two or three days so that necessary measures in this direction are initiated.
The Director Agriculture Jammu Mr. Farooq Hakak, Director Command Area Jammu Mr. Manzoor Shah and Director Extension SKUAST who accompanied the Minister assured that immediate steps for testing the vegetable plant and cause of damage will be taken.
The Minister also asked the experts to inspect the industrial growth center of Samba and report whether the cause of damage is polluted water and air and if found guilty take stern action against these factory owners under law. He also said that the factory owners if found guilty be charged compensation for damaging crops and would be paid to affected farmers. He asked all the industrialists to install effluent treatment plants in the industrial areas to protect air and other related pollution.
Later, Minister launched construction works of Rs.8 lakhs of lanes and drains at Jhang, Swankha and Sarba in Vijaypur Constituency. |
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