Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday announced to impose a complete ban on the dangerous stunts involving tractors and other agricultural implements in the state.
The Chief Minister expressed deep anguish and sorrow over a tragic incident in which a person lost his precious life during one such incident of dangerous display of stunts on tractors. He said that this is an unfortunate incident adding that any such mishap needs to be avoided in the coming future. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that for this a complete ban on the stunts involving tractors and other agriculture implements is imposed in the state.
The Chief Minister said that the tractor is called the king of farms and it should not be transformed into a catalyst of death. He said that thus the use of tractors and others agriculture implements for dangerous display in such stunts is the need of the hour. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that the state government is duty bound to protect the precious lives of people adding that this decision has been taken in larger public interest.