20160423 India In Jammu, fire razes wheat spread over 8 acres
India Apr 22 2016 “Other”
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In Jammu, fire razes wheat spread over 8 acres
Updated: 2016-04-23-06:41
Wheat crop spread over eight acre of land was completely damaged due to “accidental fire” in the Jammu district, an official said on Friday. Standing wheat crop on 8.75 acres of land in the Pargawal-Nikowal which is the last village on India-Pakistan Boarder in Chamb sector was damaged due accidental fire yesterday, an official spokesman said.
He said that besides the crop various water pumping sets were totally damaged in the fire causing huge losses to the farmers.The vice chairman of the state Advisory Board for Development of Kissans, Daljit Singh Chib who visited the fire affected area, directed the revenue officials to assess the losses and send their report to the concerned authorities.
Chib asked them to ascertain the reason of fire so that preventive measures are taken to avoid such incidents.
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