Farmers fined for stubble burning in Yamunanagar district
Taking action against offenders, the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, Yamunanagar has imposed fine on five farmers for paddy stubble burning in Yamunanagar district.
The authorities have also written to The Police Department to lodge FIRs against the offenders. The offender farmers belong to Mandhar, Khurdban and Sangipur villages of the district. The harvesting work of paddy 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 members of the committee formed by the Deputy Commissioner, Captain Manoj Kumar, inspected all five places.
He said the team checked fire incidents and all five incidents were found to be of paddy crop residue burning.
He further said they had imposed a fine of Rs 12,500 (Rs 2,500 each farmer) on all five farmers.
He added that they had also written to the police for registration of FIRs against the said five farmers.
Dr Satish Kumar Arora, Assistant Plant Protection Officer (APPO) of Agriculture Department, Yamuanagar, said they got a total 110 cases of active fire locations through HARSAC and other sources in the paddy season last year.
He said during the spot checking, the team of the committee found 58 cases of crop residue burning, but no case of crop residue burning was found at 52 locations.
He further said the department imposed a fine of Rs 1.45 lakh (Rs 2,500 on every farmer) in 58 cases of crop residue burning and lodged FIRs against them.
Meanwhile, Captain Manoj Kumar visited the grain markets yesterday.
When he was going from the grain market of Saraswati Nagar to the Radaur grain market, he caught a case of stubble burning near Radauri village.
He asked the SHO of the Radaur police station to take action against the owner of the field.
The DC said that stubble burning was a crime as it caused harm to the environment as well as to the fertility of the agricultural land.
