According to the Jiangsu Public News Channel "News 360", some time ago, the high temperature and humidity was the season for rice growth. However, a large grain grower in Dafeng District, Yancheng City reported to reporters that the rice seedlings in their fields had withered and grown. Bad and other conditions will definitely have an impact on future harvests. What is going on?
[Multiple growers were damaged, the cleaners sprayed herbicides on the river]
Master Wang is a large grain grower. He contracted 200 mu of land to grow rice in Liuzhuang Town, Dafeng District, Yancheng City. The rice field in front of me doesn't look any different from a distance, but when you look closer, you can see that many rice seedlings have died. Even the undead seedlings are thin and weak, with black roots, which are obviously different from normal seedlings. Master Wang told reporters that if the rice is not polluted, it will grow well, and the polluted rice will be useless.
is the same as Master Wang's family. The 70-mu paddy field of Ms. Yang's family, a big grain grower, also has the same situation. Ms. Yang said that this year's rice production will definitely be reduced. In addition to the two major grain farmers, 42 other households in Liuzhuang Town and also experienced the death of seedlings in more than 70 mu of rice fields. So, what is the reason? The reporter learned that the farmers are irrigating from the nearby Babai River and the Central River. The abnormal situation of the rice seedlings appeared after the irrigation in the end of June and the beginning of July this year.
After discovering that the rice was damaged, the farmers searched for the cause together, and finally found that the cleaners of a cleaning company in the town had sprayed herbicides on the banks of the river in order to remove weeds. Keep away from natural bodies of water. Master Wang said that it is difficult to salvage the aquatic plants in the river manually, and the cleaning staff use chemical weeding.
After the incident, the Liuzhuang Town Government arranged agricultural technicians to guide farmers to remediate the damaged seedlings, and at the same time invited agricultural experts to conduct identification, and finally confirmed that the herbicide had polluted the water source, causing the farmers' rice seedlings to suffer from varying degrees of damage. damage.
Zhu Yulin, chief of the Science and Education Section of the Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Dafeng District, Yancheng City, told reporters that dead seedlings appear wherever the water is flooded; if the places that cannot be submerged in the middle turn green, it means that it is a water problem.
[The town government actively intervened in coordination and the cleaning company agreed to compensate]
The Liuzhuang town government stated that it is expressly prohibited for cleaning personnel to spray herbicides on the river, and the local police station also intervened in the investigation after the incident.
Shi Wen, director of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau of Liuzhuang Town, Dafeng District, Yancheng City, said that Liuzhuang Town does not allow property cleaning companies to use herbicides for river weeding, which is the personal behavior of individual cleaning staff.
Ning Kankan, the project leader of the Yancheng Branch of Anhui Natural Beauty Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., said that the parties should strengthen criticism and education and impose penalties to prevent such things from happening again in the future.
Under the coordination of the Liuzhuang Township Government, the cleaning company negotiated with the damaged farmers and reached a relevant compensation agreement.
Shiwen said that the government will also strengthen follow-up and coordination to ensure that the interests of growers are not damaged.
Jiangsu TV reporter/Wang Bing Liu Xiaohui editor/Hu Chao
