Farmers in Sangrur sowing wheat using Happy Seeders. (Express photo by Anju Agnihotri Chaba) Farmers in Sangrur sowing wheat using Happy Seeders. (Express photo by Anju Agnihotri Chaba)Punjab farmers have sown 4.50 lakh hectares (lh) wheat area this time using Happy Seeders. This, despite the population of Happy Seeder machines in Punjab going up from around 9,000 to 16,000 in the current season. Out of the total 52,942 cases of paddy stubble burning recorded this time, 9,796 or 18.5% were between September 23 and October 26,” he pointed out.

Source: Indian Express January 15, 2020 20:48 UTC