Throwing light on the measures taken by district administration to curtail stubble burning practices, the DC said that over 3.5 lakh ton of paddy straw has been managed this year using in-situ and ex-situ management techniques.
Notably, the district administration had adopted a multi-pronged strategy to curb stubble burning practices including appointing cluster officers to keep a tab on such cases, imposing environmental compensation, carrying out awareness activities, providing assistance for crop residue management, and so on.
With over 90 percent paddy harvesting already taken place, farm fire incidents are expected to remain below last year's cases. He further mentioned that despite being one of the largest districts, this year Jalandhar accounted only for 3.5 percent of total farm fire incidents in the state. Jalandhar, November 8, 2022: Concerted efforts of District Administration Jalandhar to discourage stubble burning practices has started yielding results as Jalandhar District has witnessed a massive dip of 60 percent in stubble farm fire incidents this year.ĭivulging the details, Deputy Commissioner Jaspreet Singh said that a total of 1075 farm fire cases have been reported this year by November 6 against as many as 2548 cases reported during corresponding period last year. Says, 1075 incidents reported so far in comparison to to 2548 cases last year
Stubble management: Jalandhar witnessed 60% dip in farm fire incidents this year
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