<span style="color: #222222;">Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday said that action has been initiated against 2,923 farmers so far in the stubble burning cases reported till November 1 in the state.<br />''<br />''In a statement issued in Chandigarh, the Chief Minister said this year the state government has received reports of 20,729 stubble burning cases as against a total of around 49,000 cases last year.<br />''<br />''Chief Minister said that Punjab Pollution Control Board had also imposed Environmental Compensation of 62 lakhs rupees on 31 Combine Harvesters operating without Super SMS.<br />''<br />''He however said that these steps are not sufficient to check the problem, as majority of the farmers in Punjab have less than 5 acres of land, making it economically unviable for them to go for hi-end ways of managing the stubble.<br />''<br />''Capt. Amarinder Singh said that the Delhi Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal instead of addressing the problem, is playing political games. He stressed, the central government has to step in and find a consensus to resolve the crisis.</span><br />