The same thing was happening in other nearby fields. Women came to report the death of more sparrows in their homestead. Dakatia village is well known for its varieties of trees, including fruit trees like mango, jackfruit and lichi. The trees attract many birds, especially sparrows, which live on the trees and eat the insects and bugs in the fields. The land is not very suitable for rice cultivation, but vegetable production is quite significant.
Sparrows have a very important place in the lives of the people.
They are believed to bring luck to the farming households. Besides being an ecological indicator that the environment is all right, they play an extremely useful role in pest management by feeding on the problem insects. Due to promotion by the pesticide companies, the farmers in the village are using all kinds of pesticides with brand names such as Marshal, Sumithion, Thiovit, Furadan, Ripcord, Kap, Sumibus, Sevin Dust, and Santap. Besides, since the village is on the border with India, there are many smuggled pesticides, especially those which are not sold on the Indian market. Among the Indian pesticides, Ustad, Thidrin and Methodrin are very hazardous.