Village farmers were earlier given an amount ranging from Rs 1,400 to Rs 2,000 per acre by a private firm under CSR activity in 2017. In 2018, the same firm handed over a tractor to a cooperative society in the village under CSR.
Villagers claimed that this year, the machines used for stubble management were lying in dilapidated condition, and the society could not get them repaired as they lacked financial resources, due to non-payment of dues by the member villagers. became more troubled.
The secretary of the society could not be contacted for comment, but Jasdev SinghMILF the sarpanch Ageti village, said: “We received more than Rs 11 lakh from the private firm in 2017. It was distributed among the farmers for not burning the stubble. The next year the firm gave a tractor worth Rs 7.4 lakh and the farmers did not burn the stubble. In 2019, they started again, albeit in lesser numbers. My brother and I have 100 acres of land but we have not been burning stubble since 2017. This year some machinery including rotavators could not be used as they needed to be repaired Is.
Number of cases in Punjab rises to 51,417
The number of stubble burning incidents in Punjab rose to 51,417 on Wednesday as 4,008 new fire incidents were reported in the state during the day. Again, the highest number of new fire incidents, 625, were recorded. Sangrur District. The State Pollution Control Board has so far imposed environmental compensation of Rs 56.2 lakh on violators, but only Rs 85,000 has been recovered so far.
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