World Food Security Day: Irrigation from dirty water is dangerous

Udaipur, Every citizen should have pure nutritious food, free of chemicals and bacteria. For this, work will have to be done on every dimension from the production site to the kitchen of the house.

These views were presented in a dialogue held on Sunday on Food Safety Day. The dialogue was organized under the aegis of the India Water Partnership in partnership with the Zheel MitraSansthan, the Lake Conservation Society, and the Gandhi Manav Kalyan Samiti.

In the dialogue, Dr. Anil Mehta said that pesticides are being widely used and uncontrolled in the production of food, fruits, and vegetables. These pesticides are reaching our bodies and causing harm.

Mehta said that sewerage and dirty water are irrigated in many cities and towns, including Udaipur. This threatens the health of farmer colleagues and their families. The harmful elements of dirty water, heavy metals, and hazardous chemicals are absorbed in our stomach by being absorbed by vegetables and fruits. Villages along the city's urban border, peri-urban areas, have to be prevented from becoming centers of immersion of dirty water.

Lake Development Authority member Tej Shankar Paliwal said that the number of nutrients in all grains, including wheat, rice, pulses, has been reduced. Incoming from the fields to the market and home, many times, the food is contaminated. Such food is not safe. Paliwal said that natural farming has to be adopted for food security.

Nand Kishore Sharma, director of the Gandhi Manav Kalyan Samiti, said that there are many household chemicals from the cleaning tools used in cosmetics and medicines. All these flow into the river drains due to which surface and groundwater are polluted. To stop this process, it is necessary to make lifestyle nature-based and straightforward.

Environmentalist Digambar Singh and educationist Kushal Rawal said that people in urban and suburban areas could quickly grow vegetables on the courtyard, balcony, and terrace of the house. With this small effort, they can ensure the availability of chemicals and bacteria-free plants to their family.

Before the dialogue, a leaflet titled Save Food, Save Water, was released. Devraj Singh, Krunal Koshti, Drupad Singh also spoke on occasion.