AMRITSAR: Punjab Government under “ The Punjab Preservation of Sub-Soil Water Act , 2009” According to the notification issued by Director Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department Punjab. Jaswant Singh Chief Agriculture Officer Amritsar.
Under the leadership of Tajinder Singh, paddy harvesting was started on June 15 at Manawala Kalan of Block Verka in Amritsar district. He said that the level of underground water is continuously going down, so the farmers who want to grow permal varieties should prefer the permal varieties of paddy that mature in less time. He said that open water should not be left in the fields without any need and water should be used only as per requirement so that future generations can be kept safe. He gave a message to the farmers that only the varieties of paddy/basmati recommended by Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana for cultivation in Punjab should be sown.
He also inspected the paddy fields planted using direct sowing technique at village Joga Sighwala (Bandala) of Block Jandiala Guru and praised the farmers who adopted this technique and said that the forward thinking of these farmers helped in saving water under the soil. will be He also appealed to the farmers to maintain constant contact with the agricultural experts to connect with new farming techniques.
On this occasion, Agriculture Officer Raman Kumar , Bhupinder Singh , Gurmeet Singh , Agriculture Development Officer Parjit Singh Aulakh , Agriculture Extension Officer Pardeep Singh , Baljinder Singh Chahal , and farmers Davinder Singh , Dilbag Singh , Jujhar Singh , Ranjodh Singh, Jagjit Singh , Resham Singh etc. were present.