Chandigarh: Punjab government has announced to ban the sale of baleful medicines and pesticides harmful to human’s health and environment in the state.
Chairing a meeting with a delegation of representatives of crop medicine and pesticide companies here today at the Punjab Civil Secretariat, Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal unequivocally told them that no one would be allowed to compromise with the health of the people and mother earth in the state under the Mann government.
The Agriculture Minister said that only the medicines and pesticides which are approved and fulfill the standards set by the Center and State government will be allowed to sell in the market.
Giving stern warning to pesticide companies, the minister said that the Bhagwant Mann led Punjab government is committed to safeguard the interest of Punjabis and strict action will be initiated against those who are found selling poisonous pesticides exceeding the prescribed standards.
Dhaliwal said that the cavalier attitude of the previous governments led to this devastating situation that pseudo pesticides were being sold openly in the state, which has not only put adverse effects on people’s health but also led to catastrophic damage on the environment.