Summary:
Tribune News ServiceBathinda, November 19The district has witnessed 5,549 paddy stubble fire incidents this year so far, which is the second highest in the state after Sangrur. The paddy stubble burning has been going on unabated in the district despite more than 100 cases registered by the police against erring farmers after Supreme Court summoned Punjab Chief secretary over pollution by stubble burning. Despite a ban by the state government, the unhealthy practice of stubble burning goes on unabated in Bathinda district and other parts of the region. In the first instance that a farmer is caught burning stubble in his fields, a cash fine is imposed. In the second instance, stubble burning may invite legal action..