Farm fires continue unabated

Parveen Arora

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Tribune News Service

Karnal/Kaithal, November 9

Despite efforts to raise awareness not to burn stubble, farmers in the state continue to violate norms and are burning stubble, due to which the number of farm fires is increasing by the day.

358 CASES ON SUNDAY ALONE

• The state has witnessed 7,712 cases of stubble burning this season between September 25 and November 8
• On Sunday alone, 358 farm fire cases were reported across the state
• With 1,418 cases, Kaithal is leading the tally, followed by Fatehabad (1,260) and Karnal (1,020)

Haryana has witnessed 7,712 cases of stubble burning this season between September 25 and November 8. On Sunday alone, 358 stubble-burning cases were reported across the state.

With 1,418 cases, Kaithal is leading the tally, followed by Fatehabad (1,260) and Karnal (1,020). Kurukshetra witnessed 831 cases, followed by Jind (816), Ambala (793), Yamunanagar (476), Sirsa (352), Hisar (241), Sonepat (127), Palwal (113), Panipat (80), Rohtak (79), Panchkula (33), Jhajjar (23), Bhiwani (17), Gurugram (8), Faridabad (8), Charkhi Dadri (5), Mahendragarh (4), Nuh (4) and Rewari (4).

Karam Chand, Deputy Director, Agriculture, Kaithal, said of the 1,418 cases reported by the Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC), 696 were not traced as per the GPS locations given to them.

“We have been making all-out efforts to check stubble-burning incidents. A total of 31 cases have been registered and a fine of Rs 15 lakh collected from 595 violators,” he added.

Teams of various departments had traced 91 fire incidents and imposed fine. Aditya Dabas, Deputy Director, Agriculture, Karnal, said almost 80 per cent paddy had been harvested in the district.