Ngenxa yokunqongophala okukhulu kwabasebenzi kurhulumente, njengoko amafama etshintshela ukutyalwa ngokuthe ngqo kwerayisi yembewu (DSR), iPunjab kufuneka ibeke imichiza yokutshabalalisa ukhula kwangaphambili (efana nechrysanthemum).
Abasemagunyeni baqikelela ukuba umhlaba ophantsi kwe-DSR uya kwanda amaxesha amathandathu kulo nyaka, ufikelele malunga ne-3-3.5 yeebhiliyoni zeehektare.Ngo-2019, amafama alime iihektare ezingama-50,000 kuphela ngendlela ye-DSR.
Igosa eliphezulu lezolimo elicele ukuba lingachazwa igama liqinisekise ukunqongophala okuzayo.Isitokhwe sikarhulumente se-pendimethalin simalunga neelitha ezingama-400,000, ezaneleyo kuphela iihektare ezingama-150,000.
Iingcali kwicandelo lezolimo zivumile ukuba i-pendimethalin kufuneka isetyenziswe kwiiyure ezingama-24 emva kokuhlwayela ngenxa yokwanda okukhulu kokhula kwindlela yokulima ye-DSR.
Inkokeli yemveliso yenkampani eyenza imichiza yokutshabalalisa ukhula yathi ezinye zezithako ezisetyenziswa kwi-pendimethalin zingeniswa kwamanye amazwe, ngoko ke ukuveliswa kwale mveliso yemichiza kuphazanyiswe ngubhubhani we-Covid-19.
Wongeze wathi: "Ngaphezu koko, akukho mntu wayelindele ukuba imfuno ye-pendimethalin inyuke iye kweli nqanaba kwiinyanga ezimbalwa zokuqala zalo nyaka."
UBalwinder Kapoor, umthengisi osePatiala ongumnini wempahla yemichiza, wathi: “Abathengisi abakhange bafake iiodolo ezinkulu kuba ukuba amafama afumanisa ukuba le ndlela inzima kakhulu, imveliso ayinakuthengiswa.Inkampani ikwalumkile malunga nokuveliswa kweekhemikhali ngobuninzi.Isimo sengqondo.Oku kungaqiniseki kuthintela imveliso kunye nokubonelela. ”
“Ngoku, inkampani ifuna intlawulo yangaphambili.Ngaphambili, babeza kuvumela ixesha letyala leentsuku ezingama-90.Abathengisi abanamali kwaye ukungaqiniseki kusondele, ngenxa yoko bayala ukufaka iiodolo,” utshilo uKapoor.
IBharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) uNobhala weLizwe laseRajwal u-Onkar Singh Agaul uthe: “Ngenxa yokunqongophala kwabasebenzi, amafama ayamkele ngomdla indlela ye-DSR.Amafama kunye noshishino lokulima lwengingqi baphucula izityali zengqolowa ukunika ukhetho olukhawulezayo nolungabizi kakhulu.Ummandla olinywayo kusetyenziswa indlela ye-DSR unokuba phezulu kakhulu kunokuba bekulindelwe ngabasemagunyeni.
Uthe: "Urhulumente kufuneka aqinisekise ukuba kukho amayeza okubulala ukhula okwaneleyo kwaye anqande ukunyuka kwamaxabiso kunye nokuphindaphinda ngexesha lemfuno ephezulu."
Nangona kunjalo, amagosa esebe lezolimo athi amafama akufuneki akhethe ngokumfamekileyo indlela yeDSR.
“Abalimi kufuneka bafune ulwalathiso lweengcali phambi kokuba basebenzise indlela yeDSR, kuba obu bugcisa bufuna izakhono ezahlukeneyo, kuquka ukukhetha umhlaba ofanelekileyo, ukusebenzisa imichiza yokutshabalalisa ukhula ngobulumko, ixesha lokutyala kunye neendlela zokunkcenkceshela,” lalumkisa igosa leSebe lezoLimo.
USS Walia, iGosa eliyiNtloko lezoLimo lasePatiala, uthe: "Nangona izibhengezo kunye nezilumkiso malunga nokwenza okanye hayi, amafama anomdla kakhulu nge-DSR kodwa akaziqondi izibonelelo kunye nemiba yobugcisa."
U-Sutantar Singh, umlawuli weSebe lezoLimo likaRhulumente, uthe inkonzo igcina uqhagamshelwano neenkampani zokuvelisa i-herbicide kwaye amafama akayi kujongana nokunqongophala kwamahlathi e-pentamethylene.
Wathi: “Nasiphi na isibulali-zinambuzane okanye imichiza yokutshabalalisa ukhula eyakhayo siya kujongana ngokungqongqo nokunyuka kwamaxabiso neengxaki eziphindaphindiweyo.”