📷 Image: Wikimedia Commons / Matti Blume
Agriculture
Punjab's Malout Villages Get Water Tanker Tractors to Combat Paddy Fires
✍️ The Tribune
🗓 28 Sep 2026, 03:34 AM
👁 19
Fourteen villages in Malout, Punjab, have been equipped with water tanker tractors to help farmers fight fires in paddy fields during the growing season.
The Punjab government has supplied fourteen water tanker tractors to villages in Malout to aid farmers in controlling fires that threaten paddy crops during the monsoon season.
The tractors, equipped with large water tanks, allow quick deployment to burning fields, reducing damage to the 2,500 hectares of paddy cultivated in the area.
Local officials said the initiative comes after a series of fire incidents that damaged crops and caused economic losses for farmers.
Farmers in the region will receive training on operating the tractors and on best practices for fire prevention.
The move is part of a broader effort to support agricultural productivity and safeguard food security in Punjab.
The tractors, equipped with large water tanks, allow quick deployment to burning fields, reducing damage to the 2,500 hectares of paddy cultivated in the area.
Local officials said the initiative comes after a series of fire incidents that damaged crops and caused economic losses for farmers.
Farmers in the region will receive training on operating the tractors and on best practices for fire prevention.
The move is part of a broader effort to support agricultural productivity and safeguard food security in Punjab.