Rajpura, October 7:
As per the guidelines of Deputy Commissioner Patiala Dr. Himanshu Agarwal, the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department under the leadership of SDM Rajpura Ravinder Singh is making farmers of Tehsil Rajpura aware of the CRM scheme through IEC activities to reduce the incidence of stubble fires through village level camps, mobile vans, Nukar Natak and school activities. SDM Rajpura appealed to the farmers to harvest paddy within the time fixed by the district administration so that there is no problem in marketing due to high humidity in the market. In this regard, Chief Agriculture Officer Dr. Dara Singh said that farmers should harvest paddy with a combine fitted with Super SMS and increase the fertility of the soil by mixing the stubble in the fields. Block Agriculture Officer Rajpura Dr. Jupinder Singh Pannu and Block Agriculture Officer Ghanaur Dr. So far, 72 village level and 3 block level camps have been organized in the circles under Ranjodh Singh. Village Sarpanches, Numberdars, Chowkidars and about 2300 progressive farmers participated in these camps. In these camps, Agricultural Extension Officer (Kheda Gaju and Jansla) Sanjeev Kumar, Manpreet Singh (Jand Mongoli and Kapuri) and Agricultural Development Officer Dr. Gurdhyan Singh (Kheda Gurna), Dr. Puneet Kumar (Basantpura), Dr. Ajay Kumar (Pabri), Dr. Anurag Attri (Nathu Majra, Shambhu Kalan and Chappar) and Agriculture Sub-Inspectors and Atma staff informed the farmers about the CRM scheme provided by the Agriculture Department on subsidy for ploughing the stubble in the fields and baling it to the industrial units. He encouraged the use of machinery and said that farmers can contact agricultural and cooperative societies and request for machines so that the incidents of stubble fires can be reduced and the environment can be protected from pollution.
