The Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the state government to probe the deaths of farmers and farm labourers in Yavatmal and other districts of Vidarbha, allegedly due to accidental pesticide inhalation, Thursday submitted its report to Agriculture Minister Pandurang Phundkar. Sources told The Indian Express that contrary to speculation about pressure from the pesticides lobby, the effect of pesticides forms the core of the findings of the SIT. The probe team was headed by Amravati Divisional Commissioner Piyush Singh. Umbrella organisation of pesticide and insecticide manufacturers, Crop Care Foundation of India, had claimed that presides were not responsible for the deaths. For all the latest Mumbai News, download Indian Express App

Source: Indian Express December 01, 2017 02:43 UTC