J&K tops India in pesticide use at 3.69 kg/ha; Jammu forum flags health, environment crisis
Jammu, Sept. 13 -- Share Tweet Share JAMMU, Sept 13 (KNS) - A Jammu-based charitable trust on Sunday urged an urgent shift away from hazardous agrochemicals, flagging that Jammu and Kashmir has emerged as one of India's most pesticide-intensive regions even as it called for stronger environmental mitigation for large development projects. In a statement, The We The Humans Forum for Nature and Mankind organised a one-day conference of farmers and citizens at the Forest Media Centre, Vikram Chowk, here to address escalating environmental and public-health challenges linked to intensive agrochemical use and rapid infrastructural expansion in the Union Territory. District and Sessions Judge R S Jasrotia attended as chief guest, with Prof Raji...
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