Government officials in Punjab are at the receiving end of farmers as they try to make attempt to stop stubble burning in the state. On Wednesday, a revenue officials hostage who had gone to stop farmers from burning in stubble was held hostage for hours; he was released oly after the local tehsildar intervened. As per the official information, 1,692 cases of stubble fire was reported between September 21 and October 7 this year as against 302 and 307 between the said dates during 2018 and 2019.
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