Authorities confiscate ‘spurious’ fertilizers in south Kashmir’s Kulgam
Kulgam, Jan 02: The enforcement wing of agriculture department seized 400 bags of duplicate spurious fertilizers at Ladgoo area of Kulgam district on Tuesday morning, officials said.
“Enforcement team headed by Director Agriculture Kashmir Choudhary Mohammad Iqbal seized bags of duplicate spurious fertilizers at Ladgoo early morning today,” an official from the department said.
He said during the operation, the team confiscated around 400 bags of duplicate spurious fertilizers.
Director Agriculture Kashmir, Choudhury Mohammad Iqbal, when contacted said that the fight against the duplicate spurious fertilizers will continue across Kashmir valley.
“Today we have seized 400 bags of duplicate spurious fertilizers at Ladgoo. Such actions will continue in future,” he said.
Choudhary reiterated the commitment to ensure the availability of genuine inputs (fertilizers, pesticides seeds) to the farmers of the region. He said that violation of set norms would be dealt with strictly. (KNO)
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