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Centre Plans To Examine Burnt Area After Farmers Timing Crop Fires
Centre plans to clamp down on polluting farm fires by measuring the areas burnt instead of live blazes, after reports that farmers were burning paddy waste or stubble at times when satellites were not passing overhead.
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Opinion: The Clock Is Running Out On North India's Next Big Crisis
The stubble-burning season will soon be upon us, causing a massive surge in air pollution again.
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To Fight India's Deadly Smog, Farmers Told To Sell Crop Waste
Farmers in India are being encouraged to sell their crop waste rather than burn it to help accelerate progress on curbing fires that spread a deadly, choking smog across key cities.
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Punjab Farmer Arrested For Burning Crop Waste Let Off After "Promise"
A Punjab court has let off a farmer found guilty of stubble burning, a practice said to be responsible for the increasing air pollution in Delhi and its surrounding areas, after extracting a promise that he will desist from doing so in the future.
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From Punjab, News Of A 10,000 Crore Deal To End Stubble Burning
A deal between the Punjab government and a Chennai-based firm to set up 400 plants to convert crop residue into bio-energy has raised hopes that stubble burning, which has contributed to a spike in particulate matter and choked Delhi, could end by next year.
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Odd-Even For Delhi Starting Mon, Rs 2,000 Fine For Violations: 10 Facts
As a toxic smog hung over Delhi for a third day and air quality worsened by the hour, the capital has declared a pollution emergency and banned the entry of trucks and construction activity; the odd-even scheme which restricts traffic will apply from Monday to Friday. There are growing calls for bigger government action to tackle what doctors have ...
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Centre Plans To Examine Burnt Area After Farmers Timing Crop Fires
Centre plans to clamp down on polluting farm fires by measuring the areas burnt instead of live blazes, after reports that farmers were burning paddy waste or stubble at times when satellites were not passing overhead.
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Opinion: The Clock Is Running Out On North India's Next Big Crisis
The stubble-burning season will soon be upon us, causing a massive surge in air pollution again.
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To Fight India's Deadly Smog, Farmers Told To Sell Crop Waste
Farmers in India are being encouraged to sell their crop waste rather than burn it to help accelerate progress on curbing fires that spread a deadly, choking smog across key cities.
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Punjab Farmer Arrested For Burning Crop Waste Let Off After "Promise"
A Punjab court has let off a farmer found guilty of stubble burning, a practice said to be responsible for the increasing air pollution in Delhi and its surrounding areas, after extracting a promise that he will desist from doing so in the future.
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From Punjab, News Of A 10,000 Crore Deal To End Stubble Burning
A deal between the Punjab government and a Chennai-based firm to set up 400 plants to convert crop residue into bio-energy has raised hopes that stubble burning, which has contributed to a spike in particulate matter and choked Delhi, could end by next year.
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Odd-Even For Delhi Starting Mon, Rs 2,000 Fine For Violations: 10 Facts
As a toxic smog hung over Delhi for a third day and air quality worsened by the hour, the capital has declared a pollution emergency and banned the entry of trucks and construction activity; the odd-even scheme which restricts traffic will apply from Monday to Friday. There are growing calls for bigger government action to tackle what doctors have ...
