Kathmandu, Oct. 23 -- High levels of pesticide residue have been detected in cauliflower and bitter gourd brought to Kathmandu Valley from neighbouring districts.

According to the pesticide residue detection lab of Province 3, a high level of organophosphate was detected on Tuesday in samples of cauliflower and bitter gourd collected from the Kalimati Fruits and Vegetables Market.

"Those vegetables exceeded the permissible limit of pesticides," Prakash Ghimire, chief of the laboratory, told the Post. "We disposed them of after crushing."

Those vegetables were supplied from Dhading district. Besides confiscation and destruction of those vegetables, the laboratory has alerted the agriculture knowledge centre in Dhading about the detectio...