జులైలో 4.3 శాతానికి తగ్గిన పారిశ్రామికోత్పత్తి - పారిశ్రమికోత్పత్తి

తయారీ రంగ సంక్షోభంతో ఈ ఏడాది జులైలో పారిశ్రామికోత్పత్తి రేటు 4.3 శాతానికి క్షీణించింది. ఇతర రంగాలతో పోలిస్తే మైనింగ్ రంగంలో ఉత్పత్తి రేటు గణనీయంగా పెరిగింది.

పారిశ్రామికోత్పత్తి

Published : Sep 12, 2019, 6:57 PM IST

Updated : Sep 30, 2019, 9:12 AM IST

దేశాన్ని ఆర్థిక మాంద్యం భయాలు కమ్ముతున్నాయి. ఇటీవల పరిణామాలు చూస్తే ఇది నిజమేననిపిస్తోంది.

తయారీ రంగంలో నెలకొన్న క్షీణత మూలంగా జూలైలో పారిశ్రామికోత్పత్తి వృద్ధిరేటు 4.3 శాతానికి తగ్గింది. గతేడాది 6.5 శాతంగా ఉన్న పారిశ్రామిక ఉత్పత్తితో పోలిస్తే..ఈ ఏడాది జులైలో 2.2 శాతం తగ్గిందని..కేంద్ర గణాంకాల విభాగం ప్రకటించింది. ఈ ఏడాది మేలో 4.6శాతంగా ఉన్న పారిశ్రామికోత్పత్తి వృద్ధి జూన్‌లో 1.2 శాతంగా నమోదైనట్లు తెలిపింది.

ఈ ఆర్థిక సంవత్సరం ఏప్రిల్- జులై త్రైమాసికంలో పారిశ్రామికోత్పత్తి వృద్ధి 3.3 శాతంగా ఉండగా.. గతేడాది ఇదే తొలి త్రైమాసికంలకో ఐఐపీ 5.4శాతంగా ఉన్నట్లు గణాంకాల ద్వారా తెలిసింది.
తయారీ రంగంలో గతేడాది 7 శాతం ఉన్న వృద్ధి రేటు.. ఈ ఏడాది జులైలో 4.2శాతానికి క్షీణించింది.

ఇతర రంగాలతో పోలిస్తే.. మైనింగ్ రంగంలో ఐఐపీ జులైలో 4.9 శాతానికి వృద్ధి చెందింది. గత ఏడాది జులైలో ఇది 3.4 శాతంగా ఉంది.

విద్యుత్ రంగంలో ఉత్పాదన..ఈ ఏడాది జులైలో 4.8 శాతానికి తగ్గింది. 2018 జులైలో ఇది 6.6 శాతంగా ఉంది.

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Lapeer, Michigan - 9 September 2019
1. Exterior of Lapeer wastewater treatment plant, including sign at entrance
2. Various of aerobic sludge tank at plant
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Wurts, Lapeer Wastewater Treatment Plant:
"We ran a land application program through the state of Michigan. And we would take all of our biosolids, a contractor that we hired would take it to farmers' fields and inject it."
4. Various of oxidation ditch at plant
5. Various of Michael Wurts, superintendent of wastewater treatment plant, carrying out inspection
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Wurts, Lapeer Wastewater Treatment Plant:
"I know I definitely feel bad about it. I feel sorry, because the farmers, they didn't know either."
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Emmett Township, Michigan – 10 September 2019
7. Various of corn growing on Travis Fahley's (FAY'-leez) farm
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Lansing, Michigan – 6 September 2019
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Laura Campbell, Michigan Farm Bureau:
"Just because other states aren't looking doesn't mean that it's not there. PFAS chemicals are so ubiquitous and they have been used in so many applications. We're going to find PFAS anywhere we start looking."
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Emmett Township, Michigan – 10 September 2019
9. Various of Fahley feeding calves on his farm
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Travis Fahley, Michigan Farmer:
"Is it the end of the world? No. Farmers still have plenty of options out there. It's just one less option. And so, when you're trying to find a way to keep your overhead costs down, and, let's face it: It's a win-win. It's good for the environment. It's good for everybody all around. It's unfortunate that we've had to hit the pause button. I'm sure that it'll come back to the table. It's just we had to hit the pause button for a while until we can get everything sorted out."
11. Various of Fahley moving hay onto a truck using a forklift
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Travis Fahley, Michigan Farmer:
"I'm very confident with the science that we have we'll find ways to mitigate it. We'll find ways to prevent it from entering the treatment plant. Or at least if it does enter the treatment plant find ways to get rid of that."
13. Fahley turns off the forklift's engine and walks away
STORYLINE:
For more than 20 years, the eastern Michigan community of Lapeer sent leftover sludge from its sewage treatment plant to area farms, supplying them with high-quality, free fertilizer while avoiding the expense of disposal elsewhere.
But state inspectors ordered a halt to the practice in 2017 after learning the material was laced with one of the potentially harmful chemicals known collectively as PFAS (PEE'-fahs) , which are turning up in drinking water and some foods across the U.S.
Now, the city of 8,800 expects to pay about 3 million US dollars to have the waste treated at another facility and the leftover solids shipped to a landfill.
Testing has found elevated PFAS levels in just one field where the sludge was spread, but farmers have lost an economical fertilizer source and hope more contamination doesn't turn up.
"I know I definitely feel bad about it. I feel sorry, because the farmers, they didn't know either," said Michael Wurts, superintendent of the wastewater treatment plant, who ruefully recalls promoting sludge as an agricultural soil additive to growers in the community.
Lapeer isn't alone. For decades, sewage sludge from thousands of wastewater treatment plants has been used nationwide as cropland fertilizer. It's also applied to sports fields, golf courses and backyard gardens.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, about half of the 7 million tons generated annually in the U.S. is applied to farm fields and other lands. While the sludge offers farmers a cheap source of fertilizer, there long have been concerns about contaminants in the material, and attention of late has turned to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
The concern is that PFAS, which studies have linked to cancer and damage to organs such as the liver and thyroid, could be absorbed by crops grown in soils treated with polluted sludge and wind up in foods.
Experts say the extent of any threat to the food supply is unknown because so little testing has been done.
"Just because other states aren't looking doesn't mean that it's not there," said Laura Campbell, agricultural ecology manager for the Michigan Farm Bureau. "PFAS chemicals are so ubiquitous and they have been used in so many applications. We're going to find PFAS anywhere we start looking."
Despite growing evidence that at least some sludge is contaminated, the federal government hasn't limited PFAS in fertilizer or developed a standard for determining safe levels.
Travis Fahley (FAY'-lee) doesn't spread biosolids on the 1,500 acres he farms in Michigan's Thumb region.
But he sympathizes with his fellow farmers who are wondering what to do and fearful of consumer backlash.
"Is it the end of the world? No," Fahley said, taking a break from feeding calves and gathering bales of hay on his farm in Emmett Township. "Farmers still have plenty of options out there. It's just one less option. … It's unfortunate that we've had to hit the pause button.
"I'm sure that it'll come back to the table. It's just we had to hit the pause button for a while until we can get everything sorted out."
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