A central Taskforce team visited Assam's Goalpara for checking the indiscriminate use of pesticides and chemicals and interacted with the Agriculture Development Officers (ADO) of the district.

They had a discussion with the Alliance for Agri Innovation (AAI) and Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA) at the District Office's chamber in the District Agriculture Office, Goalpara.

The team visited the pesticide retail dealers in several places including Dhupdhara, Bikali ADO Circle, Tiplai, Rangjuli ADO Circle, Borpathar, Rangjuli ADO Circle, Simlitola Bazar, Matia ADO Circle, Goalpara Town, Agia ADO Circle.

Rajib Kumar Bhuyan, Sr. ADO, Directorate of Agriculture, Khanapara, Assam, Kamal Das, PO Directorate of Agriculture, Khanapara, Assam, Hitesh Bezbaruah, SDAO Dudhnoi, Bandana Patgiri, Sr. ADO Goalpara and Bipul Nath, ADO Rangjuli were present during the visit to various retail dealers of fertilizers.

The team along with the members of the District Agriculture Office Goalpara held an awareness meeting with dealers and retailers of Matia ADO Circle at Simlitola bazaar and discussions included, indiscriminate uses of pesticides and proper documentation for selling pesticides at the local markets. After that team, several areas in the district discussed the usage of Pesticides in their fields with the farmers.

The central and District Task force team have jointly checked fertilizer dealers shop for indiscriminate use of pesticides and chemicals and have informed them to sell and use pesticides as per Central Insecticides Board & Registration Committee (CIBRC) norms.