Summary:
A thick blanket of smog is causing delay in the wheat sowing process. As the condensed drops of dew are adding moisture to the paddy stubble, farmers are unable to manage wet straw. “After ploughing the field repeatedly, we are uprooting paddy stubble and collecting it manually,” said Avtar Singh, a farmer from Kameana village of Faridkot. “Usually over 90 per cent process of wheat sowing gets completed in the first fortnight of November in Punjab. Sutantar Kumar Airi, Director, Agriculture Department said farmers should not panic as there was enough time to sow late varieties of wheat..