Question

conversion of agricultural lands into fish ponds leads to food crisis and environmental pollutionwrite a opinion by conducting a debate on this issue

Answer 1

The conversion of agricultural lands into fishponds has turned into a law and order problem in this village falling under Pedapadu mandal of West Godavari district on the peripheries of the Kolleru lake.

There was a showdown between the fishpond owners and the locals on digging of fresh ponds a week ago. When the groups belonging to the local BC and SC colony and the fishpond owners got ready for a clash, the police and revenue personnel pacified them. Pedapadu Tahsildar Manchala Rao said he was contemplating enforcement of the section 144, if the situation turned out of his control.

A group of four persons obtained ‘deemed' permission from the High Court for digging ponds on a little over 60 acres of land, regardless of the fears expressed by a section of villagers that the fishponds, if allowed, would pose a threat of inundation to their locality and pollute the drinking water sources.

Even as the district level statutory body remained indecisive over the applications seeking permission for digging ponds, the tank owners moved the court and obtained orders in their favour with the strength of the GO 18 which stipulated that it could be treated as a deemed permission if the official agencies failed to clear the applications within 60 days. Now the administration appears to be in a dilemma on whether to execute the court orders in favour of digging ponds or to protect the interests of local people.

Answer 2

Let me give this a try;

Conversion of agricultural land into fish ponds leads to food crisis and environmental pollution;

• For fish ponds to be available land must be dug, which leads to environmental degradation. which makes the landscape look ugly and disorganized.
• The fish ponds will only provide fish as the only nutrients unlike agriculture where a variety of food crops are cultivated.