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Stubble burning: 56,000 machines to be distributed, massive awareness prog, says ministerA massive awareness drive would be launched in the rural belt of Punjab in coming days comprising officials of the rural development and pa...
No solution in sight to Delhi's November smog as government calls it 'emergency'Experts monitoring the Delhi air crisis told that while the Graded Response Action Plan is a good start for “emergency” action, a “massive”...
Why Punjab farms continue to burn — and choke DelhiOn Friday, the national capital’s pollution levels had increased by around 75 points, taking overall air quality index to 484, categorised ...
Air pollution due to crop burning set to fall this yearStubble burning causes massive air pollution triggering a medical emergency in which people are advised to stay indoors and use masks outdo...
Tackling the world's worst smog in India, one scooter at a timeIn Delhi -- a city caught between Central, state and local govts-- coordination on matters is slow.
Rs 100-crore plan to discourage crop burning, improve Delhi airThe state governments will help cooperatives of unemployed youth set up custom hiring centres that will loan out the Happy Seeder machines ...
4-fold rise in green solution to burning of paddy stubbleFor the past two years, Manoj Kumar Munjial hasn’t set fire to a single straw of paddy residue in his fields sprawled over 45 acres at Tara...
New Holland Agri offers tech solutions to reduce crop burningThe country generates 540 million tonnes crop residue annually. About 35 million tonnes of paddy straw is burned in Punjab and Haryana alon...
State governments have least concern for citizens health: NGT on pollutionThe NGT directed that every state committee should, in their first meeting, notify one district where land use of agriculture is high and m...
States asked to promote agri-equipment to handle crop residueThe centre asked the states to use machines such as 'Happy seeder', 'Rotavator', 'zero till seed drill', 'Baler', 'Paddy straw chopper' and...
Delhi pollution: It will cost Rs 11,000 cr over years to combat the situation, says Punjab governmentThe Punjab government said it will cost Rs 11,000 cr over years to combat the situation while experts said the use of harvesters, which lea...
How goats can clean Delhi’s dirty air"The solution lies in finding profitable ways to use the rice stubble. Of these, the most intriguing is the conversion of stubble into goat...
Haryana government bans farmers from burning wheat stubbleThe Board has approved nine prosecution cases for filing in the Environment Courts against farmers for violation of stubble burning for yea...
Tech-savvy farmer saves wheat crop in ChandigarhGrains of TruthIkhhlaq.Aujla@timesgroup.comChandigarh: Untimely rains accompanied with strong winds and hailstorm have farmers across north...
- Haryana Agriculture Department distributes turbo happy seeders to farmers
The Haryana Agriculture Department, distributed five turbo happy seeders to farmers in Karnal on Wednesday.
Delhi chokes on Punjab smokeAs Nasa satellite images over the past few days show, Punjab is literally on fire. In the images, the state is pockmarked with red dots whi...
- Punjab Agriculture University experts motivate farmers to adopt resource conservation technologies
PAU experts have laid emphasis on the judicious use of fertilisers, harmful effects of paddy straw burning, saving environment and use of '...