Punjab: Pest loss survey done in Ropar

PATIALA: The district administration had completed the girdawari over the agriculture fields in Nurpur Bedi and Anandpur Sahib of Ropar district that witnessed attack of Fall Armyworm pest, following which the crops were completely damaged in villages despite the farmers claiming to have carried out spraying of pesticides.
Ropar district revenue officer Jaswant Singh, said, “We have almost completed the girdawari of affected fields. The assessment will be sent to higher authorities after its’ checked and verified by senior revenue officials including tehsildars.”
However, farmer leaders claimed that revenue officials had conducted surveys only in villages where the agriculture department had carried out their survey before writing to the DC suggesting girdawari.