In the last five days, the state has received reports of 8,202 farm fires. Tuesday saw 1,776 cases of stubble burning in the state, Monday saw 1,624 cases, and Sunday saw 987 cases (Diwali)
In a statement here, SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia said it was shocking that instead of offering money to farmers to manage paddy straw or engaging machines to deal with it free of cost, the Congress government had shifted this responsibility to farmers and was now intimidating them with threats of cases and jail terms.
