Acting on the age-old adage of small steps make big difference, Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker and Kotkapura MLA Kultar Singh Sandhwan announced to reward the villages in his constituency who gives up the practice of burning stubble.
unjab has witnessed nearly three-fold jump in farm fire incidents in the past 10 days with total number of such cases crossing 2,600-mark, so far, this season. From September 15 till October 10 this year, the State had witnessed 718 stubble burning incidents a figure which reached 2,625 by October 19. However, the government reports claim that situation looks better this year in comparison to the past two years.