category Regional,, tags Regional,, DW BUREAU Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College Jhar Sahib today with the support of Krishi Vigyan Kendra Samrala conducted a slogan and painting competition on Bad Effects of Straw Burning on Society . Material for the competitions like colors, sheets, pencils etc. were made available to the students by Krishi Vigyan Kendra Samrala. In these painting competitions, Jasmin Kaur won first place, Jeevanjot Kaur won second place and Puneet Kaur won third place. Similarly, Jashnpreet Kaur got the first place, Kuldeep Kaur got the second place and Asha Rani got the third place in the slogan writing competition. On this occasion Dr Karan Singh and Parminder Kaur of Krishi Vigyan Kendra Samrala participated and distributed prizes among the winning students. Principal of the college Dr Rajinder Kaur appreciated the efforts of Krishi Vigyan Kendra and said that making people aware against stubble burning is the demand of the present times. She said that stubble burning increases the level of pollution in the air. With which the air becomes poisonous and has a very bad effect on the human respiratory system. She said that it is the need of the hour to make people aware about the negative effects of stubble burning. On this occasion Dr Karan Singh said that the stubble should be allowed to remain in the fields so that it will decompose and mix in the soil as fertilizer and the soil will be more fertile. (editor dailyworld.in)