Patiala News:Administration takes special steps to prevent incidents of stubble burning
SDM Harjot Kaur Mavi visits Masinghan, Faridpur and Jalbera villages
The Cooperation Department organized awareness camps on non-burning of stubble in Harpalpur and Kalyan.
On the instructions of Deputy Commissioner Dr. Himanshu Agarwal, special efforts are being made to stop the incidents of stubble burning in Patiala district. Under this campaign, SDM Dudhansadhan Harjot Kaur Mavi visited Masinghan, Faridpur and Jalbera villages to stop the incidents of stubble burning in the villages.
During this, he interacted with the village headmen and appealed them to play an active role in preventing the incidents of stubble burning in their respective villages. He praised the farmers who managed stubble properly without setting fire and motivated other farmers to not burn stubble and manage it properly for the sake of environment conservation.
He also reviewed the ongoing activities and local arrangements in the villages and obtained information from the concerned officials regarding the ongoing works in the villages. He said that cooperation of farmers and village level representatives is very important to stop the incidents of stubble burning. He directed the officials to continuously make the farmers aware about the alternative methods of stubble management.
Under this campaign, awareness camps were organized in villages Harpalpur and Kalyan under the leadership of Deputy Registrar of Cooperation Department, Mr. Sangram Singh Sandhu regarding non-burning of stubble. During the camps, farmers were informed about the damage caused to the environment, soil fertility and human health by burning stubble and were motivated to adopt alternative methods available for proper management of stubble.
Deputy Registrar Sangram Singh Sandhu said that such camps are being organized in cooperative societies to make farmers aware about the ill effects of stubble burning. Along with this, the managing committees of cooperative societies are also being included in this campaign and farmers are being motivated not to burn stubble.
He said that cooperative societies have direct contact with farmers at the village level, due to which they have an important role in making the stubble management campaign successful. He appealed to the farmers to manage stubble properly instead of burning it for the preservation of the environment and a better future for the coming generations and to extend maximum cooperation in the campaign being run by the administration.