Patiala, October 26 - Additional Deputy Commissioner (c) Isha Singal held a meeting with the nodal officials in the villages of Patiala district at the district administrative complex. On this occasion, he instructed the nodal officials and said that the village level officers, nodal officers and cluster officers appointed in the village should ensure that the officers are present in each village and cooperate in providing machinery for stubble management to the farmers, including in case of fire. 
Any such incident should be reported immediately. ADC said that according to the micro plan made for stubble management, access should be made to every farmer and farmers should be made aware of the damage caused to soil, environment, health, birds and animals by burning stubble. 
He said that the cluster officers should keep in touch with the farmers of the villages under them and the machinery required by the farmers for stubble management through in-situ and ex-situ should also be made available by contacting the concerned department. He said that now the harvesting work is going on in full force and the fields have to be prepared by the farmers for sowing wheat, so contact should be kept with the farmers so that they do not have to face any kind of difficulty for stubble management.