PFA uproots veggies cultivated with sewage water

District

SARGODHA:Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Wednesday root out vegetables cultivated on 32 kanal area of land with sewage water in Bhakkar district.

According to the press release issued by PFA, the team equipped with a tractor inspected vegetables grown on 252 kanal land in Bhakar and Kalur Kot and eradicated sewage grown vegetables on 32 kanal land in Gorcha Nasheeb.

The vegetables included tomato,green chilies and brinjal which were being grown with contaminated water.

A spokesman of PFA said that a ban had been put on the cultivation of sewage water grown vegetables and strict action was being taken against the farmers on violation.