Bathinda: As the number of farm fire cases has increased in Punjab, the administration has augmented penal action against violators, with 795 FIRs registered under Section 223 of the BNS (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) till Nov 6.According to official data, 301 FIRs were registered in Tarn Taran, 98 in Ferozepur, 65 in Sangrur, 63 in Malerkotla, 48 in Gurdaspur, 42 in Patiala, 32 in Jalandhar, 30 in Kapurthala, 28 in Amritsar, 20 in Faridkot, 16 in Fazilka, 14 in Bathinda, eight in Moga, seven in Fatehgarh Sahib, six each in Ludhiana and Mansa, five in Muktsar, four in Hoshiarpur, and one each in Rupnagar and SAS Nagar.Eighty-five FIRs were registered on Friday.The officials also made 102 red entries in the land records of violators on Friday, bringing the total number of red entries till Nov 6 to 931 – 301 in Tarn Taran, 142 in Ferozepur, 90 in Amritsar, 65 in Sangrur, 48 in Gurdaspur, 45 in Kapurthala, 42 in Barnala, 34 in Jalandhar, 30 in Ludhiana, 22 in Malerkotla, 20 each in Faridkot and Patiala, 19 in Fazilka, 15 in Moga, 14 in Bathinda, 10 in Fatehgarh Sahib, six in Mansa, five in Muktsar, one each in Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar and SBS Nagar.Also, environmental compensation of Rs 54.55 lakh was imposed in 1,077 cases. Of this, Rs 30.05 lakh has been realised.Warning/show cause notices were issued to 1,073 nodal/supervisory officers by Nov 5.
