Highest Stubble burning cases in 3-years, cross 58,000 in Punjab
The stubble burning cases have broken the three year record, it has crossed the 58,000-mark in the state during the ongoing kharif season. A total of 58,448 stubble burning cases were reported in Punjab.
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Meanwhile, the air quality has dipped in different parts of the state and as many as 2,805 farm fire case were reported in Ludhiana district.
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Kuldeep Singh of Bharti Kisan Union said, “We had demanded from the government to pay us bonus for the management of stubble last year, but nothing was done. If the government pays bonus to farmers for the management of stubble, they will not be forced to burn stubble.”
Member-Secretary of the PPCB, Krunesh Garg said they had imposed a penalty of over Rs 2 crore for stubble burning so far. “The situation will be controlled soon,” he said.
-PTC News
