Ma muli o ka hapa nui o ka hana ma ka mokuʻāina, ʻoiai ke hoʻololi nei ka poʻe mahiʻai i ke kanu ʻana i ka laiki (DSR), pono ʻo Punjab e kūʻai i nā herbicides mua o ka puka ʻana (e like me ka chrysanthemum).
Ua wānana nā luna e piʻi ana ka ʻāina ma lalo o DSR i ʻeono manawa i kēia makahiki, a hiki i kahi 3-3.5 biliona heka.I ka makahiki 2019, kanu wale nā ​​​​mea mahiʻai i 50,000 mau ʻeka ma o ke ʻano DSR.
ʻO kahi luna nui o ka ʻoihana mahiʻai nāna i noi ʻaʻole e hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia i hōʻoia i ka hemahema.Aia ka moku'āina ma kahi o 400,000 lita o ka pendimethalin, ʻo ia wale nō ka lawa no 150,000 mau ʻeka.
Ua ʻae ka poʻe loea i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai ma muli o ka ulu kiʻekiʻe o ka mauʻu i ka mahiʻai DSR, pono e hoʻohana ʻia ka pendimethalin i loko o 24 mau hola ma hope o ka lūlū ʻana.
Ua ʻōlelo ke alakaʻi hana o kahi hui hana herbicide ua lawe ʻia kekahi o nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia i ka pendimethalin, no laila ua hoʻopilikia ʻia ka hana ʻana o ka huahana kemika e ka maʻi maʻi Covid-19.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia: "Eia kekahi, ʻaʻohe mea i manaʻo i ka piʻi ʻana o ka pendimethalin i kēia pae i nā mahina mua o kēia makahiki."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Balwinder Kapoor, kahi mea kūʻai aku ma Patiala nona ka waihona waiwai o ka kemika: "ʻAʻole i kau nā mea kūʻai aku i nā kauoha nui no ka mea inā ʻike ka poʻe mahiʻai i kēia ʻano paʻakikī, ʻaʻole hiki ke kūʻai ʻia ka huahana.E akahele ana ka hui e pili ana i ka hana nui o ka kemika.Manaʻo.Ke pale nei kēia kānalua i ka hana a me ka lako. "
"I kēia manawa, koi nā ʻoihana i nā uku mua.Ma mua, e ʻae lākou i kahi manawa hōʻaiʻē 90 lā.ʻAʻole nele nā ​​​​mea kūʻai aku i ke kālā a ua kokoke mai ka maopopo ʻole, no laila hōʻole lākou e kau i nā kauoha, "wahi a Kapoor.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Rajwal State Secretary of State Onkar Singh Agaul: "Ma muli o ka nele o ka hana, ua ʻoliʻoli ka poʻe mahiʻai i ke ʻano DSR.Ke hoʻololi nei ka poʻe mahiʻai a me ka ʻoihana mahiʻai kūloko i nā mea kanu palaoa e hāʻawi i kahi koho wikiwiki a Māmā.ʻOi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka wahi i kanu ʻia me ke ʻano DSR ma mua o nā mana i manaʻo ʻia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Pono ke aupuni e hōʻoia i ka lako o nā herbicides a pale aku i ka piʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā manawa koi kiʻekiʻe."
Eia naʻe, ua ʻōlelo nā luna o ka ʻoihana mahiʻai ʻaʻole pono ka poʻe mahiʻai e koho makapō i nā ala DSR.
"Pono ka poʻe mahiʻai e ʻimi i ke alakaʻi akamai ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke ʻano DSR, no ka mea, pono ka ʻenehana i nā mākau like ʻole, e like me ke koho ʻana i ka ʻāina kūpono, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā herbicides me ke akamai, ke kanu ʻana i ka manawa a me nā ʻano wai," i ʻōlelo aʻe ai ka luna o ka Ministry of Agriculture.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo SS Walia, Luna Nui o ka Mahiai o Patiala: "ʻOiai ʻo nā hoʻolaha a me nā ʻōlelo aʻo e pili ana i ka hana a ʻaʻole e hana, ua hauʻoli loa ka poʻe mahiʻai i ka DSR akā ʻaʻole maopopo i nā pono a me nā pilikia ʻenehana."
Ua ʻōlelo ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Moku'āina ʻo Sutantar Singh (Sutantar Singh) e hoʻomau ka ʻoihana i ka pilina me nā hui hana herbicide a ʻaʻole e kū ka poʻe mahiʻai i ka hemahema o ka nahele pentamethylene.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "ʻO kēlā me kēia lāʻau pesticides a i ʻole herbicides i loko, e hoʻopaʻa pono i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai a me nā pilikia hou."