Summary:
The state government has announced to take a number of measures including marking red entries into land records of farmers and fine for burning stubble. On Thursday, BKU (Ugrahan) activists burnt stubble in 15 acres at Nangal Khurd village in Mansa district. We will face every harsh action the government takes against us, but we will continue to burn stubble.” Although police reached the spot to identify farmers who were burning stubble, it left after nearly 150 activists assembled there.Kirti Kisan Union Bathinda convener Amarjit Singh said, “Farmers do not want to burn stubble and were demanding compensation from the state government. It has also appointed nodal officers in 8,000 villages to prevail upon farmers against burning stubble.Activists of other farmer organizations — BKU (Ekta Ugrahan), BKU (Ekta Dakonda) and BKU (Sidhupur) among others have already started burning the stubble in fields..