Sangrur, Nov. 8 -- Farmers in Bhutal Kalan village of Sangrur district have expressed concerns over recurring fires at the storage units of compressed biogas plant run by Verbio, alleging that the latest blaze marks the third such incident within a month.

The company, which uses paddy straw (stubble) as raw material for producing biogas, is facing criticism for causing repeated air pollution in the area.

According to Jatinder Jaloor, a local leader of the BKU Sidhupur, the most recent fire broke out on Friday at a storage godown on Lehra Road, following two earlier incidents on September 25 and October 5 at separate storage locations. Jaloor claimed that such fires are frequent in old stacks of straw bales but that authorities fail to a...