60 FARMERS BOOKED FOR STUBBLE BURNING IN GURDASPUR

GURDASPUR : Police have registered 60 First-Information Reports (FIRs) against farmers for burning stubble in the district, Gurdaspur chief agricultural officer (CAO) Dr Raminder Singh said on Monday. He added that this year 243 cases of stubble burning had been reported in the district, against 491 such instances in the corresponding period last year. “Farmers must stop this practice immediately. On Sunday, a stubble fire started at Gunnopur village, 10 km from Gurdaspur, spread in around 150 acre, causing a loss to crops of other farmers,” said the CAO.