‘FIRs to be filed over substandard soya seeds’

Yavatmal: State agriculture minister Dada Bhuse has reiterated that nobody would be spared and FIR would be lodged against those found marketing substandard soyabean seeds that failed to germinate.
“Over 30,000 complaints have been lodged and farmers have been forced to go for resowing,” said Bhuse while addressing a press conference on Monday. He further that it is difficult to compensate the damages and losses altogether but efforts are afoot to resolve the complaints.
The minister visited a number of villages across the district to take stock of the situation. Later, he chaired a review meeting of agriculture officers at district collectorate.
The minister said sub-divisional agriculture officers and taluka agriculture officers have been authorized to take action. “They should conduct spot panchnama and take action immediately,” said Bhuse.