In comparison to 2022, there was a 27 per cent reduction in farm fires in 2023. New Delhi: Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana has declined by 27 per cent and 37 per cent as against last year, the Union environment ministry has said. From 83,002 fires in 2020, the count in Punjab dropped to […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the AAP governments in Punjab and Delhi over growing incidents of stubble burning. The court was hearing petitions over the rising air pollution that covers the national capital in a blanket of smoke. Here are Supreme Court’s top quotes on stubble burning: “This is the most polluted November […]
Punjab on Thursday reported 1,271 farm fires (File) Chandigarh: Punjab reported more than 1,200 stubble burning incidents on Thursday, while air quality indices turned ‘severe’ and ‘very poor’ in neighbouring Haryana. The fresh crop residue burning cases indicated that there was no let up in such cases despite the Punjab Police sounding a red alert […]