Doomdooma, Aug. 28 -- The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Tinsukia, has raised an alert over the spread of invasive parthenium weed in some villages and organised a week-long awareness and eradication programme from August 16 to 22.

The programme focused on sensitising farmers to the weed's impact on agricultural land, livestock and human health. It was conducted under the guidance of Hem Chandra Saikia, Senior Scientist and Head, KVK Tinsukia.

Awareness programmes were held at No. 2 Kopatoli, Dhola and Lakhipathar villages, where farmers were urged to remove parthenium from agricultural fields and surrounding areas.

KVK experts Priyanka Amonge, SMS, and Sarode Boruah, SMS, provided technical guidance on identifying, safely removing and ma...