Sri Chamkaur Sahib, September 26: Under the leadership of SDM Amrik Singh Sidhu, a stubble management camp was organized in villages Bhurde and Sandhuan of sub-division Sri Chamkaur Sahib.
On this occasion, the SDM motivated the farmers of the villages not to burn stubble because doing so damages the fields, pollutes the environment and also causes a lot of problems to the passers-by on the roads. Therefore, the stubble should be spread in the fields because there are many benefits of ploughing stubble in the fields and the yield of the fields also increases. Apart from this, you can also get bales prepared from balers.
SDM It was informed that meetings are also being held with the owners of machinery like super seeder, baler etc., provided by the Agriculture Department, so that timely management of stubble can be done.
They appealed that paddy should be harvested on time and paddy with high moisture content should not be brought to the market. Due to which one does not have to face any problem.
On this occasion, Agriculture Officer, Sri Chamkaur Sahib Representative Punjab Pollution Control Board, Rupnagar, Sri Manjit Singh, DSP, Sri Chamkaur Sahib and other officers/employees were present.