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
Uttar Pradesh sees 46% less stubble burning under CM Yogi Adityanath's tenureUttar Pradesh has seen a 46% decline in stubble burning incidents under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's tenure, dropping from 8,784 in 201...
02 Oct, 2024, 08.16 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
Delhi-NCR Pollution: Crop residue burning has to be stopped, says SCThe Supreme Court has reiterated the need to stop crop residue burning in Punjab and other states near Delhi to reduce pollution levels in ...
10 Nov, 2023, 02.25 PM IST
Cases of stubble burning coming down, says Delhi Minister Gopal RaiSupreme Court on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the hazardous air quality in the national capital, while directing that farmers shoul...
09 Nov, 2023, 12.23 PM IST
Punjab reports 2,060 farm fires; 'severe', 'very poor' AQI in parts of HaryanaOut of a total of 19,463 farm fires reported this year till now, Sangrur topped the list with 3,207 stubble-burning cases, followed by 1,97...
07 Nov, 2023, 11.33 AM IST
Punjab: 560 cases of stubble burning reported in Ludhiana so far this yearAs the Air Quality Index (AQI) in several parts of Delhi-NCR is reeling under the 'severe' category, nearly 560 cases of stubble burning ha...
05 Nov, 2023, 01.45 PM IST
Significant drop in number of farm fires in Punjab, Haryana this year: CAQMSince September 15, there have been about 56 per cent fewer stubble-burning events in Punjab and 40 per cent fewer instances in Haryana tha...
30 Oct, 2023, 04.29 PM IST
UP govt mulling stringent legal action as stubble burning cases spikeThe delay in harvest can be a troubling sign for the air quality if stubble-burning incidents continue, he said. "The temperatures will dro...
06 Nov, 2022, 12.00 PM IST
Stubble burning: Bhagwant Mann instigating farmers, levelling false allegations against Centre, claims Haryana CM KhattarMann on Wednesday slammed the BJP-led Centre for "targeting" Punjab farmers for farm fires, alleging that the saffron party wanted to aveng...
03 Nov, 2022, 07.18 PM IST
Tarn Taran, Amritsar, Gurdaspur account for 60 per cent of stubble burning cases in PunjabPaddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is one of the reasons behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in the national capital r...
24 Oct, 2022, 10.44 AM IST
Stubble burning fine set to be notified; between ₹2,500 to ₹15,000 per incidentThe draft rule to the CAQM Act, 2021, proposes 2,500 'environmental compensation' per incidence of stubble fire for a farmer owning less th...
09 Sep, 2022, 12.56 AM IST
States raise Covid-19 concern to check stubble burningEven though much of the stubble of wheat is used as animal fodder but farmers resort to open field burning to get rid of the leftover stalk...
04 May, 2020, 10.30 PM IST
There is 12.01% drop in stubble burning cases: Narendra Singh TomarThe agriculture minister said Uttar Pradesh witnessed a significant drop of 48.2% in stubble burning cases while Punjab and Haryana saw a d...
04 Nov, 2019, 10.08 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
Haryana takes police action against 1,011 farmers for stubble burningFIR has been filed against 227 farmers in cases caught by the Pollution Control Board. Apart from this, 454 farmers were charged a fine of ...
07 Nov, 2017, 07.54 PM IST