Cracking the whip against the menace of stubble burning, the administration has fined and blacklisted around 1,000 farmers in the district so far for putting paddy straw to flames during the current kharif season, the government has confirmed.
With no let up to the rising pollution levels, the air quality in Ludhiana on Saturday late evening turned “hazardous” by crossing the 300-mark, which was worst this season.
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The Agriculture Department on Tuesday held two dealers with a huge cache of what it termed as spurious seeds, which were kept for sale to the gullible farmers in Ludhiana.
In what appears to be the effect of the bad weather and diseases suffered by the crop, the paddy yield is estimated to go down in Ludhiana district during the current harvesting season, the Agriculture Department has confirmed.