Bhongir Collector warns of action against

​Bhongir: District Collector Anitha Ramachandran here on Friday warned that stringent action would be taken against traders found selling BT-3 cotton seeds. The State government banned the sale of the seeds.

Speaking at a meeting held with Tahsildars, Agriculture officers and Village Revenue Officers at the Collectorate meeting hall, the Collector directed the task force officials to intensify the raids and check the marketing of spurious seeds

Fake seeds would make farmers suffer loss and directed the officials to file cases against traders found selling spurious seeds. She instructed the officials to make necessary arrangements for launching programmes like Rythu Bandu scheme on May 10 .

Joint Collector Ravi Naik, DRO Mahender Reddy and others participated.  BT-3 cotton seed traders