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Burhanpur SDM Inspection: SDM Pallavi Puranic in Burhanpur investigated the fertilizer seed shops after the farmers’ complaint. She reached the shops as a customer and closely investigated with the officials of the Agriculture Department. This decent …Read more
SDM Pallavi, taking information from the shopkeeper as a customer
Highlights
- The SDM investigated the fertilizer seed shops.
- The SDM took action on the complaint of the farmers.
- Restricted pesticides were also investigated.
Burhanpur Often you have seen the officer hearing the problems of the people in the office. Or must have been seen taking a meeting of administrative officers. In Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh, SDM now reached the shop of fertilizer seeds as a customer after the complaint of farmers and he took information about all the compost seeds here. As soon as the shopkeeper came to know that it is SDM, the shopkeeper also became alert. SDIM continued to take information and the entire government department came from behind and sat at the shop.
Seeing this view, people walking from the road were also kept watching. The SDM interacted as a customer in the shop for about half an hour. After which the information about the fertilizer seed was collected. The officials of the Agriculture Department who reached the spot were left watching. He started investigating closely at the shop following the instructions of SDM. He has taken action on fertilizer seed shops in Bahadarpur area.
SDM gave information
When the local 18 team spoke to SDM Pallavi Puranik, he said that today we arrived to investigate on the instructions of Collector Harsh Singh. We reached the shop here and gathered information about fertilizer seeds. The restricted pesticides are not being sold, it was also not being sold. At present, we have investigated about half a dozen shops in Bahadarpur area.
When the local 18 team asked the SDM that you reached as a customer. So he said that the farmers were getting complaints. Today we have taken action here and this action will continue to continue, so that there is no cheating with the farmers in any way. If any shopkeeper sells fertilizer seeds at a higher price, then action will also be taken on that shopkeeper.
Watermelon crop farmers had complained
Farmers say that we plant watermelon crops. When we reached the shops here and bought fertilizer seeds and when we put it in our crops. This time our crops have deteriorated. We feel that the wrong fertilizer seed has not been found. That’s why we have complained. After the complaint, the Agriculture Department is now talking about taking an inquiry sample. So that action can be taken if standardless things are found.
Burhanpur,Madhya Pradesh
February 06, 2025, 22:15 IST