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M Y paternal grandfather died two weeks ago, but in the last 75 years, he could not look at them even once. They lived just two houses away but still came for our family in 1947. Our family was engaged in farming on a small piece of land at Tallewal village in Barnala. All had been well until Partit

Despite the Punjab government carrying out a massive awareness programme to dissuade farmers from setting crop residue on fire, the state recorded 1,898 stubble burning incidents on Saturday.

The incidents of stubble-burning have more than doubled in five days in the state, with the total cases standing at 8,147 as of today, of which 1,111 cases were reported today. A total of 3,696 incidents of farm fires were recorded till October 22.

The district remains a hotspot of the H1N1 influenza, commonly known as swine flu, with maximum number of deaths and cases in the state this season, the government has confirmed.

Announcing 1 lakh to every village panchayat in Kotkapura Assembly constituency where farmers completely stop stubble burning Punjab Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan said the day is not far when people of the state will completely abandon the practice.

Punjab: Sandhwan, an AAP MLA, represents the Kotkapura Assembly constituency. Sandhwan said the burning of paddy stubble has a harmful impact on the environment along with the loss of fertility of the land.

AAP MLA Sandhwan announced that he will give Rs 1 lakh to every village panchayat where farmers shun the practice. The promised amount will be given from the MLA's discretionary quota, said an official statement.

Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Sunday announced to give Rs one lakh each to the village panchayats of his constituency, who do not burn paddy stubble. This amount will be given from his discretionary quota.Sandhwan said the ...

To discourage stubble burning in his Assembly segment, Punjab Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Sunday announced that he will give Rs 1 lakh to every village panchayat where farmers shun the practice.

Earlier, the project was being helmed by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) which built the iconic Bandra-Worli sealink.