हिंदी
Only 400 cases came this year compared to 1843 cases last year
Fazilka, 2 December 2024
Whether it is about adopting crop diversification or adopting new farming techniques, the farmers of Fazilka district are always at the forefront. This time too, the farmers of the district have largely supported the efforts of the district administration and the agriculture department for stubble management and the cases of stubble burning in the district have reduced by 78.29 percent compared to last year.
The district administration, under the leadership of the district’s Deputy Commissioner Amarpreet Kaur Sandhu IAS, started a comprehensive farmer awareness campaign in the district right from the beginning of the paddy harvest and took the initiative to directly communicate with the farmers. Due to which the administration was successful in explaining to the farmers the disadvantages of stubble burning and the advantages of not burning.
The district’s Chief Agriculture Officer Dr. Sandeep Rinwa said that in the year 2022, 2856 incidents of stubble burning were recorded in the district through satellite. In the previous year i.e. 2023, this number was 1843 and this year this number has reduced to just 400. He said that this reduction becomes even more significant when the area under paddy and basmati was increased this year as compared to the previous year in the district.
He said that the farmers were provided with complete information about the machines available in the district, the environment-loving farmers of the district also understood their duties towards their environment and this time instead of burning stubble, they used alternative methods to manage stubble and sowed wheat.
He said that the farmers were provided with complete information about the machines available in the district, the environment-loving farmers of the district also understood their duties towards their environment and this time instead of burning stubble, they used alternative methods to manage stubble and sowed wheat.
He said that its good results will be even more visible to the farmers in the coming time when the fertility of the land will gradually increase by mixing stubble in the land. He thanked the farmers for their cooperation and said that as per the guidelines of the district administration, the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department will maintain contact with the farmers in the same manner and all kinds of technical information regarding wheat cultivation will be provided to the farmers.
