Tackle climate change effect by changing agri pattern: BJP MP

Concerned over the growing problems due to climate change, a BJP member today made a strong plea for bringing urgent changes in the pattern of agriculture to save the farmer.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Feroze Varun Gandhi said that day by day, India is being subjected to the ill effects of the climate change.
He said only last year, 10 million tonnes of Rabi crop was damaged at the last minute due to unseasonal rains causing a loss of Rs 20,000 crore to the farmer.
Noting that the magnitude of the problem is huge, he said the benefits of the green revolution are being bought to a nought by climate change.

Making a strong plea for setting up of a network of weather stations in the country, he said the farmers needed to be guided on how best to face the issue of climate change which has drastically reduced farm productivity.
Raising another issue, Tathagata Satpathy (BJD) cautioned that Modi government's overdrive for industrialisation could result in severe problems for the environment.
The member was also critical of the Environment Ministry for granting permission for constructing national highways through Pench and Kanha forests in Madhya Pradesh.
S P Muddahanumegowda (Cong) made a strong plea for raising the MSP of copra saying that coconut growers in Karnataka are committing suicide due to failure to repay loans.