Sahnewal: Residents vow to make their villages stubble burning-free

Our Correspondent

Sahnewal, October 7

Farmers of villages around Sahnewal, including Sahnewal Khurd, Sahnewal Kalan, Kanech, Majara, Bilga, Maangarh, Pangalian and Jandiali, today vowed to make their villages free of stubble burning.

They resolved not to burn stubble, in the presence of members of the Agriculture Department, sarpanches and panches and members of the extension cell, press club and youth club of Doraha and surrounding villages, who urged them to stop burning stubble and adopt latest machinery to curb environmental degradation.

Ludhiana BAO RPS Aulakh, ADO Gaurav Dhir, ADO Pardeep Tiwana, ADO Rajwinder Dhaliwal, ADO Veerpal Kaur and ADO Harinder Kaur were among those who addressed the farmers and told them about fatal consequences of stubble burning and the need to adopt crop residue management.

Students of Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, presented a nukkad natak on the issue, depicting the fatal consequences of stubble burning on the health of farmers. They gave a message to the farming community to adopt crop residue management and shun the evil practice.

The agriculture officers appealed to the farmers to adopt in situ management technologies. They also discussed various technological options for crop residue management. They provided information about problems faced and their solutions while working with crop residue management machinery in their fields.

“In case the farmers face any problem with the agriculture machinery or have any sort of dissatisfaction with the mode of its working, they can directly approach the Agriculture Department of the Sahnewal block. Their problems will be addressed on priority basis,” they said.

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