Farmer booked for stubble burning in Uttar Pradesh

Muzaffarnagar/UP): A farmer has been booked for burning crop residue in his fields at a village in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.

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The police registered a case against the farmer on the complaint of a revenue officer who found him flouting the rules, SHO Roop Kishore Sharma said.

The district authorities have cautioned farmers against stubble burning, which is a cause of pollution.

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(PTI)