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Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot DC Faridkot Punamdeep Kaur on Tuesday passed instructions regarding the digging up the orwells or tubells in the district. She said that in case a borewell or well is dug up in  the district, a 15 days prior information must be given to the concerned officials. "As reported at many places in the past,some children and men were trapped inside the borewell pipes or holes and at places, despite all out efforts, the loss of life was reported. So to ensure that no such incident takes place, the farmers or the others engaged in the work must be very careful about it. No borewell holes or pipes be left open,uncovered and be guarded by barbed wires," she said in a press release today. She said no well...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Email:raghbirsinghbrar@gmail.com The Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann had promised the farmers that they would get regular power supply and canal water from June 1, while the power supply is more than 8 hours now leading to further depletion of sub soil water,but canal water is playing truant. “The water in Jaitu Rajbaha was released on June 5,it flowed to 100 per cent capacity only for two days and then water in the Rajbaha reduced to less than 50 percent,” said Sukhjinder Singh Brar, a farmer from village Niamiwala of the district. Rajbaha Jaitu supplies irrigation water to dozens of the villages of Jaitu constituency. “The Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann had announced that canal water would be supplied to the districts...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Chief agriculture officer of the district has appealed to the farmers not to grow banned paddy varieties,including Pusa 44, Pila Pusa and other Hybrid varieties as those have been banned by the state government. "I appeal to the farmers that they should not grow banned rice varieties on the fields because they take too much time to mature. The farmers have already been advised by the state government not to grow these banned varieties and have encouraged the farmers to choose any PR variety,mainly PRR 126,which saves a lot of water,requires less fertilizers and chemicals and matures very shortly," said Dr Kulwant Singh,CAO Faridkot. PR 126,which was very popular among the farmers, led to a s...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot It was the interving night of June 6, 2025,when water in Rajbaha Faridkot flowed a bit lower than normal.But soon after,as the day progressed, the flow of the Rajbaha was diverted into the Deviwala branch of Langhewala drain. About some twenty years back, a gate was constructed to stop complete flow of the water into Rajbaha Faridkot at Deviwala and Sirsari village boundaries incase of any emergency. Earlier, since the water as released into the Rajbaha Faridkot, it could not at all stopped mid way and it was equally reached all parts of land it irrigated. The Rajbaha orininates from Abohar branch of Sirhind canal near village Smalsar and the Rajbaha was reportedly irrigating the land upto village Chirewan of Muktsar dsitrict. When the Rajb...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Vigilance Bureau recovers Rs 1.34 lakh in cash during search Faridkot May 19 Further strengthening the Punjab Government’s zero tolerance policy against corruption, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau has arrested Gurpreet Singh, a Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI) posted at Faridkot, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 3,600. During the operation, the Vigilance Bureau team recovered Rs 7,200 from his possession and also recovered another cash of Rs 1,26,500 from his vehicle, which appears to be the bribe amount. A spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said that the arrest was made following a complaint by a resident of Faridkot, who alleged that the said accused had demanded Rs 1,800 per truck for approving the fitness certificates of two of his trucks....

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Parmjeet Singh son of Bachan Singh was alleegdly killed by his son Pargat Singh on late Thursday evening. "The accused hit his father on his head with a blunt wooden log last night after some altercation. The accused Pargat Singh is allegedly mentally upset and was being treated for the same," the locals said. He is also a drug addict according to the family members and village residents. The police have registered a case at police station Sadar Kotkapura in this regard.