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“We engaged 11 agriculture officers for these identified villages. The Ambala district has identified eight red zone villages and 89 yellow zone villages. Haryana has divided villages into red zones (six farm fire cases in a year) and yellow zones (up to 5 farm fires). According to district officials, 41 challans have been issued and Rs 1.07 lakh has been collected as fines. But so far this year, the administration has only fined the farmers who were found guilty. The district registered 13 FIRs last year. Usually, district officials start these programmes in September when the harvesting season begins, but we decided to work on our plan early this year and this has helped us bring down the cases without registering a single FIR against any defaulting farmer this year,” said Singh. “We started the awareness camps and training programmes early this year.
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The department has addressed both in-situ and ex-situ management along with subsidies and micro-level inspection at the critical villages,” said Sumita Mishra, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Haryana, and chairperson of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board.Īlso read: ‘Odd-even’ in emergency only, Delhi will try other ways to tackle air pollution: Minister RaiĪmbala Deputy Commissioner Vikram Singh, who took charge of the district in June this year, made aggressive efforts to reduce farm fires. “Ambala has managed to perform well by following the template spelt out by the department. Kaithal reported 682 farm fires this year compared to 968 in 2020 (30 per cent fall) Karnal 690 cases as against 904 (24 per cent) Fatehabad 254 cases compared to 557 (55 per cent) and Kurukshetra 418 as against 791 (48 per cent). However, hotspots like Kaithal, Karnal, Fatehabad and Kurukshetra continue to see a fair number of cases. According to data from the state agriculture department, Haryana has seen a 52 per cent fall in the total number of farm fires so far this year - 2,561 cases as against 5,328 in 2020. This becomes a headache for state governments at this time of the year.Īmbala’s numbers compare quite favourably with the overall state figures and those from other districts.
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The Rabi sowing season usually begins in November, and these fires contribute significantly to air pollution, even in neighbouring states. Not a single FIR was registered against any erring farmer this time, as the state planned ahead and didn’t wait for the harvesting season to begin before creating awareness.įarmers burn the paddy stubble once the crop is harvested, clearing the ground for them to then plant the next season’s crop. In-situ and ex-situ management, awareness camps, machine support, subsidies, and village inspection have helped the district administration contain the numbers - from 702 cases between 15 September and 30 October last year to 146 in the corresponding period this year. Ambala: An impressive fall of nearly 80 per cent in stubble burning cases so far this year has made Ambala a model district in Haryana for managing farm fires ahead of the Rabi sowing season.