Stubble burning: 874 FIRs, 394 red entries, Rs10.55 lakh penalty; Punjab cops list action taken

“Till now, 1,393 workplace fires were detected by satellites successful the state, and associated teams were sent for inspection connected the spot,” Shukla said, adding that constabulary teams person registered FIRs successful 874 cases since September 15, portion nary lawsuit of stubble burning was recovered astatine 471 spots.

However, regular diary study (DDR) entries of 471 cases were made astatine the constabulary stations concerned, helium said.

Apart from registering FIRs, penalties worthy Rs 10.55 lakh were imposed successful 397 cases and reddish entries made successful gross records of 394 farmers, the elder serviceman added.

Red entries marked successful gross records makes it hard for farmers to sell, owe their onshore oregon avail loans against it. Complying with the directions of the Supreme Court and Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to bring down stubble burning cases to zero, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav had appointed Shukla arsenic the constabulary nodal serviceman to show enactment against stubble burning.
Shukla said constabulary teams on with civilian medication person been making untiring efforts astatine the crushed level to curb the menace of stubble burning successful the state.

He said the teams person been conducting associated tours successful villages, which person been identified arsenic stubble burning hotspots and holding nationalist consciousness meetings with assorted husbandman unions astatine territory and sub-divisional levels.

In the past fewer days, lawman commissioners, elder superintendents of police, sub-divisional magistrates and lawman superintendents of constabulary held associated tours, during which they held nationalist consciousness meetings and besides meetings with husbandman bodies.

Shukla exhorted farmers to cooperate and not pain harvest residue, which volition not lone pb to the deterioration of the situation but besides impact the wellness of children and aged people.

Earlier, seat of Justices Abhay S Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Augustine George Maish of Supreme Court had slammed the Punjab government, saying said not adjacent a azygous prosecution has been carried retired successful past 3 years and it was lone tolerating breaches.

“Why are you shy of prosecuting people. This is not a governmental matter. This is simply a substance of implementation of statutory directions of the commission. No governmental considerations volition apply. There is defiance connected your part. You are encouraging radical to perpetrate breaches. You are lone imposing nominal fines. ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) is telling you the determination of the stubble burning and you accidental occurrence determination is not found,” the seat said.

Punjab Advocate General Gurminder Singh submitted it was hard to instrumentality the directions connected the crushed and the authorities made “red entries” successful the gross records of the farmers who caused fires astatine farms.