SRINAGAR: The Director of Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today Inaugurated an awareness programme for the fertilizer distributors, and dealers of south Kashmir at town hall Bijbehara.
The Director in his address reiterated the department’s commitment to uphold the farmers’ interests. He impressed upon the participants (fertilizers distributors) to ensure that only genuine, quality inputs (fertilizers) are provided to the farming community of the region.
He said that any violation of the fertilizer control order would not be tolerated and the action as per law would be initiated against the earing parties individually.
Chowdhury directed the officers of the enforcement wing of the department to accelerate the frequency of visits by marketing checking squads so that only the quality fertilizers reach the consumers. He marked the importance of a coordinated approach among the stakeholders in order to safeguard the economic interests of the farming community. He said the poor quality fertilizers are not only an economic burden to the farmer but are environmentally a disaster for the region.
He concluded that all the stakeholders including the department, and fertilizer distributors must collaborate for the well-being of the farming community.
The Director of Agriculture also interacted with the fertilizer distributors and conveyed his assurance of his full support and cooperation in their efforts towards the benefit of farmers.
The programme was organised by the law enforcement wing Anantnag and was attended by Chief Agriculture Officer Anantnag Ajaz Hussain Dar, Deputy Director Law Enforcement Mujtaba Yahya, Assistant Director Law Enforcement Srinagar, Feroz Ahmad Shapoo, District Law Enforcement Officer South Shiekh Imran, District Law Enforcement officer north Dr Amarjeet Singh and other officers besides fertilizer dealers & distributors of south Kashmir districts.
