Days after the Supreme Courtroom pulled up the governments of Haryana and Punjab for failing to prosecute farmers who burn stubble, contributing to air air pollution within the Delhi Nationwide Capital Area, police in Haryana’s Kaithal district mentioned Monday that they had arrested 18 farmers within the final two days for burning crop residue. Kaithal SP Rajesh Kalia mentioned the farmers have been later launched on bail.
District administrations throughout the state have additionally blacklisted greater than 400 farmers for allegedly burning stubble because the season began September 15, barring them from promoting their crops at mandis for 2 years. Congress leaders and farmer organisations have criticised the federal government, labelling its actions as “Tughlaqi firman”.
Knowledge from the Division of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare present 327 farmers have acquired challans, FIRs have been registered towards 93, and a complete of Rs 8.32 lakh has been collected in fines. Whereas 689 incidents of stubble burning have been recorded after the harvest final yr, 655 incidents have been registered this yr till Monday.
“Purple entry has been put within the farm data of those farmers. This implies they will be unable to promote their crops within the mandis for 2 years,” a senior agriculture division officer instructed The Indian Categorical.
In an announcement, Hisar Extra Deputy Commissioner C Jayasharadha mentioned the district administration registered 11 FIRs towards farmers following complaints from the agriculture division. “An consciousness marketing campaign has been launched for the administration of crop residue,” she mentioned.
Referring to the instructions of the Fee for Air High quality Administration (CAQM), the agriculture division on October 17 ordered the Deputy Commissioners of all districts that FIRs needs to be registered towards farmers for burning paddy crop residue through the ongoing season. The division additionally requested officers to label the data of such farmers on the Meri Fasal-Mera Byora web site with a “purple entry” to limit them from promoting crops at mandis by way of the federal government’s e-kharid web site for the subsequent two seasons.
“This entry is obligatory and should be accomplished promptly for all agricultural fires,” learn the order, which got here a day after the Supreme Courtroom questioned the “inaction” by Punjab and Haryana on implementing the CAQM’s instructions and their “failure” to prosecute farmers who burn stubble.
Final Friday, Chief Minister Nayab Singh denied that such motion was being taken towards farmers. A number of sources within the authorities have now instructed The Indian Categorical that authorities have began appearing as per the October 17 order. “If officers, together with from the police division, fail to adjust to the instructions on stubble burning, they are going to face suspension,” a senior officer mentioned.
With the Opposition focusing on the federal government over the arrests and the blacklisting of farmers, Saini on Monday accused the BJP’s rivals of spreading disinformation.
“We did good work on stubble administration earlier too and the honourable Supreme Courtroom appreciated that whereas telling the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) authorities (in Punjab), ‘It is best to be taught stubble administration from Haryana,’” he mentioned.
Interesting to farmers to not burn stubble, Saini mentioned Rs 1,000 per acre was being paid to get farmers to go for crop residue administration, other than subsidy for buying devices and machines required to course of crop residue.
Within the run-up to the elections, BJP leaders had confronted protests from a number of farmers, with the Saini authorities compelled to announce MSP for 10 extra crops if the occasion returned to energy.
Focusing on the federal government, former CM and Congress chief Bhupinder Singh Hooda mentioned, “Farmers take such steps below compulsion. As an alternative of imposing fines on farmers, submitting FIRs towards them and red-listing them, the federal government ought to work on an answer to this. At current, the machines that the federal government is speaking about offering for the disposal of stubble should not proving to be efficient. The variety of machines can also be very low. Particularly small farmers are unable to make use of them.”
His Congress colleague Randeep Singh Surjewala known as the brand new instructions “Tughlaqi firman” and requested if it was a conspiracy to finish MSP.
Bhartiya Kisan Mazdoor Union president Suresh Koth mentioned those that would not have machines for crop residue administration burn stubble.“We are going to wrestle to make sure procurement of the crops of these farmers who’ve been banned for 2 years,” he mentioned.
Senior Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni earlier mentioned, “A farmer spends Rs 5,000 per acre if he disposes of the crop residue by making its bundles, whereas the federal government offers a compensation of simply Rs 1,000 per acre for crop administration. It needs to be a minimum of Rs 3,000 per acre. Then the farmers gained’t burn the crop residue.”
On Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi blamed the BJP’s “soiled politics” for the rising air and water air pollution within the Capital. She blamed stubble-burning, diesel buses, and brick kilns in BJP-ruled Haryana whereas giving a clear chit to Punjab, the place the AAP is in energy.
In Punjab, police have registered FIRs in 874 circumstances of stubble-burning prior to now few days, Particular Director Basic of Police (Regulation & Order) Arpit Shukla mentioned on Monday. Penalties price Rs 10.55 lakh have been imposed in 397 circumstances and “purple entries” have been made within the income data of 394 farmers, he mentioned.
