Even as Punjab’s traditional rural games have been a centre of attraction for years, a relatively new phenomenon of performing stunts by tractors and tractors tug of war (tractor-tochan) has been catching fancy in the State for the past close a decade.
Now, following the death of a 29-year-old man who got trampled on under a tractor while performing a stunt during a rural sports fair in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, the State government has decided to ban dangerous stunts on tractors.
Those who have been involved in holding prominent rural games in Punjab believe that performing stunts with tractors is different from traditional rural games, and it should be kept at bay from rural sports, however, the people involved in the business assert that instead of imposing a ban, putting regulations surrounding these tractor stunts would have been better.
