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"Stubble Burning After 4 pm": Supreme Court Asks For 24x7 Data On Farm Fires
Supreme Court ordered 24x7 data on stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana after farmers started timing the crop burning with the overpass of NASA satellites over the region, a problem first highlighted by NDTV two weeks ago.
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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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Exclusive: As Delhi Air Worsens, Punjab Farmers Say Stubble Burning Only Option
Delhi's bad air days are back and the stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana, primarily blamed for the choking air in the national capital, is under the scanner again
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Punjab Prepares Rs 500-Crore Action Plan To Check Stubble Burning
The Punjab government has prepared an action plan with an outlay of Rs 500 crore for providing machinery to farmers and taking other measures to check stubble burning in the state, said agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian.
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"Farmer Being Made Villain": Supreme Court's Top Quotes On Stubble Burning
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.
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Punjab Reports 634 Fresh Farm Fire Cases Today, Lowest Since Diwali
Punjab on Monday reported 634 farm fires with farmers in many areas continuing to set ablaze paddy straw despite police making persistent efforts to prevent stubble burning.
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Over 930 FIRs Registered Against Farmers For Burning Stubble: Punjab Police
Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is considered one of the reasons behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in the national capital in October and November.
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Bhagwant Mann Invokes Gurbani To Urge Farmers To Stop Stubble Burning
As Punjab struggles to stop the rampant stubble burning in farms, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday invoked the verses of the holy Gurbani to urge farmers not to burn crop residue as it was polluting the air.
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After Supreme Court's Big Order, Punjab Sees Drop In Farm Fires
Punjab Thursday saw a sharp drop in the number of stubble burning incidents as it recorded 639 farm fires while police and civil administration launched a crackdown against erring farmers to prevent crop residue burning.
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How Punjab, Haryana Farmers Are Timing Crop Burning To Avoid Detection
Farmers in Punjab and Haryana are burning stubble at night to evade detection by satellite and local officials working overtime to contain farm fires that have poisoned the air in Delhi NCR, it is learnt.
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Official Goes To Stop Stubble Burning In Punjab. Here's What Farmers Did Next...
A group of farmers allegedly forced a government official, who was part of a team to prevent farm fires, to set a heap of paddy stubble on fire in Punjab's Bathinda district. The incident drew condemnation from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
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Punjab Farmers Strike Gold Selling Stubble Bales
More and more farmers in the state are buying balers with the increase in demand for stubble by biomass plants, paper mills, and boilers
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Dussehra, Stubble Burning Keep Delhi Air Quality In Poor Category
As the nation celebrated Dussehra on Tuesday by burning the effigies of Ravana, farmers in Punjab paced up the crop residue burning as 360 farm fires, the maximum in a day this season, were reported, taking the overall count to 2,306.
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Out To Inspect Stubble Burning, Haryana Officials Held Hostage By Farmers
A team of three government officials was allegedly held hostage by a group of farmers in Haryana's Ambala district on Thursday when they were on patrol to check stubble burning.
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Give Free Tools To Farmers To Prevent Stubble Burning: Human Rights Body
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) held a third round of meeting with the Chief Secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh and asked them to give a detailed report on how to prevent air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region.
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"Stubble Burning After 4 pm": Supreme Court Asks For 24x7 Data On Farm Fires
Supreme Court ordered 24x7 data on stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana after farmers started timing the crop burning with the overpass of NASA satellites over the region, a problem first highlighted by NDTV two weeks ago.
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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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Exclusive: As Delhi Air Worsens, Punjab Farmers Say Stubble Burning Only Option
Delhi's bad air days are back and the stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana, primarily blamed for the choking air in the national capital, is under the scanner again
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Punjab Prepares Rs 500-Crore Action Plan To Check Stubble Burning
The Punjab government has prepared an action plan with an outlay of Rs 500 crore for providing machinery to farmers and taking other measures to check stubble burning in the state, said agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian.
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"Farmer Being Made Villain": Supreme Court's Top Quotes On Stubble Burning
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.
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Punjab Reports 634 Fresh Farm Fire Cases Today, Lowest Since Diwali
Punjab on Monday reported 634 farm fires with farmers in many areas continuing to set ablaze paddy straw despite police making persistent efforts to prevent stubble burning.
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Over 930 FIRs Registered Against Farmers For Burning Stubble: Punjab Police
Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is considered one of the reasons behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in the national capital in October and November.
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Bhagwant Mann Invokes Gurbani To Urge Farmers To Stop Stubble Burning
As Punjab struggles to stop the rampant stubble burning in farms, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday invoked the verses of the holy Gurbani to urge farmers not to burn crop residue as it was polluting the air.
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After Supreme Court's Big Order, Punjab Sees Drop In Farm Fires
Punjab Thursday saw a sharp drop in the number of stubble burning incidents as it recorded 639 farm fires while police and civil administration launched a crackdown against erring farmers to prevent crop residue burning.
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How Punjab, Haryana Farmers Are Timing Crop Burning To Avoid Detection
Farmers in Punjab and Haryana are burning stubble at night to evade detection by satellite and local officials working overtime to contain farm fires that have poisoned the air in Delhi NCR, it is learnt.
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Official Goes To Stop Stubble Burning In Punjab. Here's What Farmers Did Next...
A group of farmers allegedly forced a government official, who was part of a team to prevent farm fires, to set a heap of paddy stubble on fire in Punjab's Bathinda district. The incident drew condemnation from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
-
Punjab Farmers Strike Gold Selling Stubble Bales
More and more farmers in the state are buying balers with the increase in demand for stubble by biomass plants, paper mills, and boilers
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Dussehra, Stubble Burning Keep Delhi Air Quality In Poor Category
As the nation celebrated Dussehra on Tuesday by burning the effigies of Ravana, farmers in Punjab paced up the crop residue burning as 360 farm fires, the maximum in a day this season, were reported, taking the overall count to 2,306.
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Out To Inspect Stubble Burning, Haryana Officials Held Hostage By Farmers
A team of three government officials was allegedly held hostage by a group of farmers in Haryana's Ambala district on Thursday when they were on patrol to check stubble burning.
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Give Free Tools To Farmers To Prevent Stubble Burning: Human Rights Body
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) held a third round of meeting with the Chief Secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh and asked them to give a detailed report on how to prevent air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region.
