80. Pest control and improved methods of husbandry.
- On being informed by the Director of Agriculture that the whole or any part of a Grama has been infected by agricultural pest, the Grama Panchayat shall issue a declaration by beat of drum in the area giving the names of villages to have been infected by agricultural pest. The Grama Panchayat shall also declare by beat of drum in the infected villages the method of eradication of such pest and instruct the owners or growers of crops to follow such eradication programme, prepared by the Director of Agriculture.
