Administration has launched a campaign at the village level to make farmers aware of not burning paddy stubble
Rupnagar, September 23: As per the guidelines of the Punjab government, the district administration is striving to reduce incidents of stubble burning to zero. The administration has already started working at the ground level in this area. Camps are being organized in villages regarding the harmful effects of stubble burning on the environment and the legal action to be taken against setting stubble on fire.
In this regard, while leading a meeting with the SDM and senior officers, Deputy Commissioner Mr. Varjit Walia gave instructions regarding the zero burning target of paddy stubble by the state government and said that all the magistrates of the district should do farmer-wise mapping of the machines provided on subsidy by the Agriculture Department and issue a cluster-wise list of baler machines so that the machines can be made available to the needy farmers if required.
He ordered the officer of the Pollution Control Board to coordinate with the industrial units preparing bales of paddy stubble (stubble aggregators) and to immediately provide information about the sites where paddy stubble is burnt so that appropriate action can be taken against the people who set paddy stubble on fire.
He asked the officers present in the meeting to form 10 district-level teams and visit the villages and motivate the farmers not to set paddy stubble on fire. Apart from this, the police department was instructed to patrol the villages daily.
He said that the nodal officers will ensure that the combine harvesters harvesting paddy and super SMS will be installed and work from 10 am to 6 pm only.
He also ordered that fire tenders will be deployed at the nodal points in the district so that on receiving information about the fire, they can reach the spot and control the fire.
On this occasion, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rural Development) Miss Chandrajoti Singh (IAS), Shri APS Somal, Assistant Commissioner, Rupnagar Shri Amrik Singh, Sub Divisional Magistrate Shri Chamkaur Sahib, Shri Sanjeev Kumar, Sub Divisional Magistrate Rupnagar, Shri Sukhpal Singh, Sub Divisional Magistrate Morinda and officers of other departments were present.
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