A gaggle of farmers allegedly pressured a authorities official, who was part of a crew visiting to cease the farm fires, to burn the stubble mendacity in the sphere in Punjab’s Bathinda, an official mentioned on Sunday. The incident got here to mild after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann posted the video of the incident on X. He condemned the prevalence and mentioned that an FIR has been registered in the matter. The incident passed off underneath the Nahian Wala police station limits in Mehma Sarja village.
“(A team of officials) had gone to Mehma Sarja village to convince the farmers not to burn the stubble. During this, the farmers there called their union and forced our civil administration’s officer, Harpreet Singh, to burn that stubble (lying on the field),” SSP Bathinda Gulneet Singh Khurana mentioned.
Seven folks named in FIR
The SSP mentioned that an FIR has been registered in which a complete of seven folks have been named.
“We have registered an FIR in this matter. A total of 7 persons have been named in the FIR and action is being taken against other persons. The farm was owned by Ram Singh. Besides, the other members of the union present at the spot are being identified and raids are being conducted in the matter,” he added.
Stubble burning is extensively prevalent in elements of the agricultural states of Punjab and Haryana.
It is a technique of setting on hearth the straw stubble left after the harvesting of grains like paddy, wheat, and so forth. The technique of burning farm residue is without doubt one of the main causes of air air pollution in elements of north India, deteriorating the air high quality round this time of the 12 months. Combined with vehicular emissions, it adversely impacts the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the nationwide capital.
(With ANI inputs)
