More than six years after the Haryana government destroyed a banned, genetically modified (GM) Bt brinjal crop in Fatehabad district’s Nathwan village following an outcry by environmental activists, the source of the seeds remains a mystery.
Responses to multiple RTIs filed by The Hindu show the government is yet to determine how the prohibited variety entered the open market.
A Horticulture Department official said they had undertaken the “necessary steps under our ambit and power”, referring to the destruction of the crop on half an acre of land cultivated by farmer Jeevan on May 17, 2019.
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