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Maharashtra Govt. Health
Laboratory declared 130 lakh kilograms of
red imported wheat unfit for human
consumption. The State Govt. is now forced
to throw away all this infected wheat. The
cost of this imported wheat is about Rs.27
crores.. BJP leader, Dr. Kirit Somaiya has
demanded that this loss of the State
Exchequer should be recovered from Union
Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Minister,
Hon’ble Shri Sharad Pawar and State Public
Distribution Minister, Shri Sunil Tatkare.
This loss is for 14 Districts only. Reports
and loss for remaining 17 Districts are yet
to come.
It may be noted here
that BJP has been pursuing the issue of
inferior quality of red imported wheat for
the past 2 years. The Congress-NCP Govt.
went on importing inferior quality wheat at
Rs.21 & 22 per kg. The local farmers were
paid Rs.7.50 per kg. The Govt. under
pressure from multinationals also lowered
the quality norms of imported wheat.
Dr. Somaiya took up the
issue with Mumbai High Court and also at
National and State Human Rights Commission.
Due to the intervention of the judiciary,
State Govt. was forced to withdraw red
imported wheat from ration shops from 1st
November 2007.
State Health Laboratory till now has
submitted reports of 14 districts of
Maharashtra :
|
Sl.No. |
District |
Total samples |
Qty. of wheat (quintals) |
|
Analyzed |
Found unfit |
Lying in the Dist. |
Found unfit |
|
1 |
Dhule |
6 |
6 |
7954.05 |
7954.05 |
|
2 |
Raigad |
14 |
14 |
1449.68 |
1449.68 |
|
3 |
Pune |
10 |
6 |
5471.43 |
4001.62 |
|
4 |
Satara |
7 |
7 |
16971.00 |
16971.00 |
|
5 |
Ahmednagar |
7 |
5 |
17845.57 |
16773.87 |
|
6 |
Ratnagiri |
50 |
50 |
12389.33 |
12389.33 |
|
7 |
Thane |
34 |
34 |
19318.03 |
19318.03 |
|
8 |
Nandurbar |
5 |
5 |
9334.13 |
9334.13 |
|
9 |
Akola |
1 |
1 |
1160.33 |
1160.33 |
|
10 |
Osmanabad |
14 |
10 |
9940.00 |
7132.00 |
|
11 |
Sindhudurg |
22 |
22 |
11978.69 |
11978.69 |
|
12 |
Hingoli |
5 |
5 |
6409.85 |
6409.85 |
|
13 |
Sangali |
8 |
8 |
8830.00 |
8830.00 |
|
14 |
Jalna |
27 |
27 |
6385.00 |
6385.00 |
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