Fine imposed on five farmers for burning stubble in Yamunanagar district
Taking action against offenders, the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department has imposed a fine on five farmers for burning paddy stubble in the district.
The authorities have also written to the police to lodge FIRs against the offenders, who belong to Mandhar, Khurdban and Sangipur villages of the district.
Paddy harvesting work has started in the district. According to information, the authorities of the Haryana Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, Yamunanagar, got five cases of active fire locations through the Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC).
Aditya Pratap Dabas, Deputy Director of Agriculture, Yamunanagar, said after getting information of active fire locations, the committee, formed by Deputy Commissioner Manoj Kumar, inspected all five places.
He said the team checked fire incidents and all five incidents were found of paddy crop residue burning. He further said they had imposed a total fine of Rs 12,500.
Dr Satish Kumar Arora, Assistant Plant Protection Officer (APPO) of the Agriculture Department, Yamunanagar, said they got 110 cases of active fire locations through HARSAC and other sources in the paddy season last year.
He said during spot checking, the team of the committee formed by the Deputy Commissioner found 58 cases of residue burning, but no such case was found at 52 locations.
The department imposed a fine of Rs 1.45 lakh (Rs 2,500 on every farmer) in 58 cases and lodged FIRs against them.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Commissioner visited the grain markets on Wednesday. On the way, he caught a case of stubble burning near Radauri village and asked the SHO of Radaur police station to take action against the owner of the field.
