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HYDERABAD: The government has issued orders imposing a temporary 60-day ban on the sale, stock, distribution, manufacture and use of Paraquat and its formulations across the state. According to orders issued by the Agriculture and Cooperation department on Tuesday, the move comes after the state government on Monday adopted a resolution in the Assembly urging the Central government to impose a complete ban on the sale and use of Paraquat dichloride. Citing feedback and reports from various sou ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana assembly adopted a resolution on Monday urging the central govt to impose a complete ban on the sale and use of Paraquat dichloride for weed removal in farming. Introducing the resolution, minister Tummala Nageswara Rao stated that Paraquat is responsible for many suicide deaths in villages across Telangana, as it is widely available and inexpensive.He emphasized that, given the seriousness of the situation, the rising number of fatalities, and the negative impact on soi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Wednesday banned the sale of paraquat herbicide, which is claimed to have resulted in many deaths in the state, with immediate effect for 60 days. This is the maximum period a state can ban an agro-chemical under the provisions of the Insecticide Act of 1968, and can extend the ban for another 30 days. A permanent ban on the use of pesticides or herbicides can be imposed only by the Central government. On March 30, the Telangana Assembly had already passed ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Centre to impose a complete ban on paraquat dichloride, a herbicide blamed for thousands of deaths among the farming community. Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, who introduced the resolution, warned that paraquat was highly toxic, causing fatal lung and organ damage if ingested, with no antidote available. Despite restrictions requiring officer permission for purchase, he noted the chemical remains easily a ...Read More >
Congress MP from Warangal Kadiyam Kavya raised serious concern in the Lok Sabha over the widespread use of the highly toxic herbicide paraquat dichloride, urging the Centre to impose an immediate ban. During Zero Hour, Dr. Kavya highlighted that the chemical is severely harming soil, water and sand while posing grave risks to human health. She expressed alarm over its misuse as a 'dreaded drug' in suicides, noting its lethal nature with no known antidote and near-100% mortality rate in consumpt ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Mar 30 (PTI) The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Monday passed a resolution urging the Centre to ban the herbicide paraquat dichloride (24%), citing its lethal impact on human health and biodiversity. State Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, who moved the resolution, called on the Centre to take immediate steps to implement the ban under relevant laws and initiate stringent action against violators. The resolution sought a ban on the manufacture, import, sale, transport, ...Read More >
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