Nov 11, 2022, 08:55AM ISTSource: Times Now
After a review of the stubble burning situation in Punjab, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday said incidents of farm fires needed to be strictly curtailed and if the situation did not improve, a heavy penalty could be imposed on Punjab. The NHRC was given a detailed report on the stubble burning cases in Punjab at a high-level review meeting by the commission through video conferencing with Punjab chief secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua and state government officials on Thursday.