Action Against Violation Of Cotton Control Act Directed

Director General Agriculture Syed Zafar Yaab Haider directed cotton inspectors to take strict action against violation of cotton control act.

MULTAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Sep, 2018 ) :Director General Agriculture Syed Zafar Yaab Haider directed cotton inspectors to take strict action against violation of cotton control act.

Cotton Control Act is aimed to ensure neat and clean cotton especially at ginning factories, the DG agri said this while witnessing demonstration of neat and clean picking of cotton at Qadirpur Rawan, a suburban area of Multan, here on Saturday.

He informed that Pakistan was facing loss of billions of rupees due to polluted cotton.

Cotton picker women, farmers, middleman and other stakeholders should focus on neat and clean picking and transportation of cotton, he said.

He informed that the country received low price of cotton at international market. Pakistan remained deprive of about two to three cents against one pound cotton due to impurities.

Impurities meant that presence of bits of shopping bags, plastics, human hairs, birds feathers, "sapari", pieces of cigarettes, oil, paper etc.

He stated that there should be supervision of cotton picking. He suggested that picker women should make line during picking of cotton from agriculture field. Cotton plants should be picked from lower part, he advised Similarly, the picked cotton should be placed at neat and clean sites.

He maintained that the wages of picking should be given after grading related to cleanliness. The cotton must be transported in clean bags to ginning factories. He further remarked that the cotton inspectors should pay regular visits of cotton factories in order to check impurities. They should impose fine on violation of cottoncontrol act.o