The Shopian pesticides dealers held silent protest over undue interference of different departments
The pesticide and Fertilizer dealers and retailers held day long strike through out Valley against different departments who are not having any legitimatic powers to check their stocks but different departments used to visit pesticides shopian to Hares them.
The pesticides dealers said that the The Law enforcement wing and Agriculture department has only powers to visit any Pesticide shop but unfortunate is that now Municipal sweepers also used to visit Pesticides shops for Checking.
A local trader Bashir Ah said that he has all the Documentation, test reports but despite of that the Department from revenue and Municipal Committee seized Their Fertilizers illegally and on the muscle power .
The pesticides association shopian observed complete shut down against such humiliation and Warned Govt If such harresments will be surfaced again then they would go for complete strike.
Furthermore, No spray oil companies has Been given license of selling tso oil but few companies are selling their oil on the basis of favoritism and corruption by higher officials in Agriculture and which are doing open black marketing.
The president of jk pesticides association syed mohd yousuf said that only enforcement wing and Agriculture department are allowed to visit pesticides shops for Checkings and no other would can do so. If any other department will interfere in the trade of pesticides and Fertilizers. Then we ll never work and Govt would be wholly and soully responsible for that.
Mir Sajad