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Ecological Crisis in Punjab Umendra Dutt Kheti Virasat Mission VATAVARAN PANCHAYAT Jaitu, Faridkot, Punjab, India

The Context: Violence Against Nature: Destruction of Lives and Livelihoods ,[object Object]

[object Object],The Land of Five Rivers Becoming a Dry Desert ? What is the Future in next 50 years ?

The Ecocide of Punjab Turning PUNJAAB into BE-AAB Highest % of DARK ZONES in country ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Land of five Waters becomes land of highly contaminated water ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Contaminated Rivers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Water Crisis in Punjab Death of Wetlands ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Punjab : Fact File – 3 Punjab : Heading towards desertification ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Water Extraction Unsustainable ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],In 2004 90% area of Punjab is drawing water from the depth of more then 10 meters. 30% area of Punjab has depth of 20 meters or even more.

Water Crisis in Punjab Drinking water problem villages ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

School going children taking water from canal – A scene of Mansa district

Punjab Remote Sensing Centre at Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana and National Bureau of Soil Survey and use planning survey says: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Punjab The land of dark zones ,[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],II.AGRICULTURE

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Punjab’s Heavy Pesticide Use : The poisoned paradise ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Myth called Punjab Pesticides also kills economy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Mechanization of Agriculture ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Punjab : Consumption of Pesticides ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Impact: Environmental Health Catastrophe ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Contd…

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Impact: Environmental Health Catastrophe

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],III.CANCER IN MALWA (COTTON BELT)

Cotton belt of MALWA : Cancer, death, debt and suicides ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Cancer : The new tragedy of Punjab ,[object Object],[object Object]

Results of CSE Study in Punjab ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Cancers in Punjab ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Cancers in Punjab – 2002 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Minimum Crude incidence of cancer per 100,000 population 82.5 59.6 Chandigarh 32.1 17.2 Muktsar 32.3 19.8 Faridkot 33.6 33.5 Patiala 40.9 27.4 Rupnagar 43.2 28.4 Bhatinda Female Male District

Leading 10 cancers (In both sexes) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Present scenario ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Pesticide exposure and Cancer morbidity and mortality ,[object Object],[object Object]

INSECTICIDES RESIDUE IN DIFERENT FOOD AND FEED COMMODITIES IN Punjab during 1976-1996 18.5 NIL 100.0 86.0 DDT HCH/ BHC 54 Infant formula 35.0 32.0 100.0 100.0 DDT HCH/ BHC 228 ANIMAL FEED 71.0 NIL 100.0 100.0 DDT HCH/ BHC 283 Butter 41.0 40.0 97.7 100.0 DDT HCH/ BHC 1110 Milk NIL NIL 38.3 43.7 DDT HCH /BHC 189 Fruits 15.8 1.9 87.4 67.6 DDT HCH/ BHC 1088 Cereals ABOVE TOLERANCE LIMITS (%) CONTAMINATED (%) INSECTICIDES DETECTED ANALYSED Commodities

INSECTICIDES RESIDUE IN DIFERENT FOOD AND FEED COMMODITIES IN Punjab 1976-1996 NIL NIL 75.0 31.0 DDT LINDANE /HCH 16 BUTTER 10.0 NIL NIL 22.5 77.5 38.5 DDT HCH/ BHC MALATHION 31 ANIMAL FEED NIL 53.3 2.2 53.2 DDT HCH/ BHC 92 MILK 18.0 71.0 ENDOSULFAN,QUINALPHOS CHLOFPHYRISPHOS,MALATHION, PARATHION,MONOCROTOPHOS 147 VEGETABLES 11.0 85.0 PHOSPHAMIDON QUINALPHOS 27 FRUITS 9.0 97.0 HCH/ BHC 99 RICE ABOVE TOLERANCE LIMITS (%) CONTAMINATED (%) INSECTICIDES (S) DETECTED ANALYSED Commodities

IV. The Ecocide of Punjab : Pushing Punjab out of life ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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