Delhi's AQI can increase by 104 points — Thanks to the farm firesAir pollution: A study reveals that rice stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana significantly increases Delhi's air pollution. Despite a dro...
23 Oct, 2024, 03.00 PM IST
Stubble burning cases have reduced from 7,000 in 2021 to 2,300 in 2023: Haryana State Pollution Control Board Secretary Pradeep KumarThe Haryana State Pollution Control Board reports a significant drop in stubble burning cases, from 7,000 in 2021 to 2,300 in 2023. Farmers...
22 Oct, 2024, 11.21 AM IST
Haryana, other states made significant progress in stopping stubble burning but not Punjab: Bhupender Yadav tells RS"I can say that the progress seen in stopping stubble burning in Haryana and other states, the same progress has not been made in Punjab. I...
07 Dec, 2023, 03.41 PM IST
"Haryana CM should stop doing politics," says Punjab Minister as blame game continues over stubble burningPunjab Minister Harpal Singh Cheema criticized Haryana Chief Minister Khattar for playing politics instead of supporting farmers regarding ...
22 Nov, 2023, 12.03 PM IST
Punjab clocks 634 fresh farm fire cases, police say over 1,000 FIRs registeredPunjab recorded 637 and 740 farm fires on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. With the fresh cases, the total number of farm fires recorded ...
20 Nov, 2023, 10.08 PM IST
Punjab aims to reduce stubble-burning incidents by 50 per centAccording to an official release here, the plan for paddy crop residue management was discussed at a high-level meeting in view of the comi...
07 Feb, 2023, 10.03 PM IST
Pollution not Delhi's but North India's problem, says Kejriwal, takes responsibility for stubble burning in PunjabKejriwal also said that the Delhi government is mulling whether the odd-even scheme for vehicles should be implemented. He went on to annou...
04 Nov, 2022, 04.34 PM IST
Stubble burning: Punjab govt suspends four agriculture officers for dereliction of dutyAccording to Punjab Remote Sensing Centre data, 1,761 farm fires were reported in Punjab on Sunday. Of these, Sangrur recorded the highest ...
30 Oct, 2022, 08.48 PM IST
Centre rejects Punjab's Rs 2,500/acre cash sops to stop stubble burningThe 'incentive' in the Punjab government's proposal was to cost '1,875 crore, of which the central share would be '1,125 crore and Punjab a...
07 Sep, 2022, 08.21 AM IST
Nearly 40,000 stubble burning incidents reported in Punjab so far this yearAccording to GS Gill, Nodal Officer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, the incidents of stubble burning were reported mainly in Sangrur, Bath...
05 Nov, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
SC doing its part to deal with stubble burning, Centre & states have to do theirs: Delhi HCThe court made this observation while declining to entertain a plea seeking immediate steps to prevent stubble burning in Punjab and Haryan...
22 Oct, 2020, 01.35 PM IST
Stubble burning can exacerbate COVID situation in north: ExpertLast year's stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana had contributed to 44 percent of the pollution in NCR Delhi, according to System of Air Q...
20 Sep, 2020, 07.06 PM IST
Stubble burning in Punjab may worsen air qualityFarmers are prohibited to burn the farm residue as it worsens Delhi's air quality.The stubble burning practice is not only responsible for ...
24 May, 2020, 03.55 PM IST
Stubble burning in UP, Punjab, Haryana reduced by 19% since 2018: GovtThe government reported a considerable reduction in stubble burning in the states Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh this year, about 19% le...
24 Nov, 2019, 08.10 PM IST
Punjab records 24 % increase in farm fires, no challan issued so farThe number of farm fires in Haryana, however, has decreased by 10 per cent as compared to last year, despite the "moderate implementation o...
22 Oct, 2019, 04.05 PM IST
Stubble burning likely to continue for a week before subsidingStubble burning is now likely to subside, but the total number of such incidents may remain high this year, said officials.
12 Nov, 2018, 09.13 PM IST
Pollution alert in Delhi after Haryana, Punjab crop burningWhile burning of paddy in kharif poses graver concern in winters due to concentration of toxic residue, the pollution is well distributed i...
04 May, 2018, 07.06 AM IST