Punjab govt issues advisory to farmers on paddy sowing

Punjab Government today issued advisory for farmers in the state and asked them not to go for early paddy sowing before June 15.
"A strict instructions in this regard have been issued to all authority concerned to ensure the strict compliance of advisory with necessary directions to all field officers across the state," an official spokesman said here.
Punjab government had passed the 'Punjab Preservation of Sub-Soil Water Act' in 2009 under which for the first time, the date of transplantation of paddy was fixed as June 10 with a view to saving natural resource of water in the State.

Pertinently, the Punjab Government has advised the farmers of the state not to go early sowing of paddy before June 15, 2015.
Early sowing of paddy will not only put extra pressure on soil but also would lead to consuming of too much of water as the experts have already predicts to deficit of rain during this year, he said.
He said that in case a farmer sows it before the prescribed period, he would be liable to pay expenses for uprooting plants incurred by the agriculture department.
He said that the researchers of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) had proved that if paddy was grown after June 15, it would help in raising the water level.