KARNAL: Acting tough against the stubble burning menace, the Karnal district administration has suspended two sarpanchs for their failure to curb farm fires in their respective villages.
Deputy commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav said sarpanchs of Gonder and Ramba villages have been placed under suspension for their failure to put a check on the menace. As many as 30 farm fires in Gonder village and 23 in Ramba village have been reported since September 25, which are more than such incidents reported last year during this period.
On Wednesday, 260 fresh incidents were detected by the Haryana Space Applications Centre, raising the total number of stubble burning cases (active fire locations) in the state to 4,837 since September 25.
According to the data compiled by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board, Karnal district topped the chart with 872 active fire locations.