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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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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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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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Farm Fire Count Declines Between September 15-October 30 In North Indian States: Data
The total number of paddy crop residue burning events during September 15-October 30 period in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and NCR districts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have come down to 53,792 this year.
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Rain Delays Harvesting, Stubble Burning Incidents Could Rise, Say Experts
Two prolonged spells of rain -- in late September and October -- have delayed paddy harvesting by a week in parts of Punjab and Haryana which could lead to a spike in stubble burning incidents, experts said on Wednesday.
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Stubble Burning Continues In Punjab, 700 Fires Recorded So Far
Farm fires have continued in Punjab despite the state government assuring more crop residue management machines and launching massive awareness programmes against stubble burning
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Punjab May Deploy Over 1 Lakh Machines For Crop-Residue Management
The Punjab government is considering introducing over one lakh machines from its own funds for paddy straw management after the centre denied sharing funds to control crop-residue or stubble burning, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said.
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49% Jump In Stubble Burning Cases In Punjab This Paddy Season: Data
Punjab has witnessed 49 per cent more stubble burning incidents from September 21 to November 2 as compared to the corresponding period last year, according to official data.
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Punjab Shouldn't Be Blamed For Delhi's Pollution, Says Amarinder Singh
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Saturday it was not smoke from his state that was causing pollution in Delhi and stressed on the need to find ways to dispose of paddy straw, which farmers in his state usually burn in October and November.
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Punjab Suspends Payment Of Compensation To Farmers For Not Burning Stubble
The Punjab government has suspended payment of compensation to farmers for not burning paddy stubble after complaints that some ineligible people had received the amount, an official said on Tuesday.
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46% Of Delhi Air Pollution From Stubble Burning; Punjab Records 25% Jump
Punjab has witnessed about 25 per cent jump in incidents of stubble burning, while its neighbouring state of Haryana has seen a marginal drop in farm fires so far in the paddy harvesting season.
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Punjab Records 45% Hike In Farm Fires, Amritsar Reports 295 Incidents
The paddy harvesting season has started in Punjab and the state has already recorded a 45 per cent increase in stubble burning incidents till October 11, but the administration hopes the farm fire counts will come down gradually as a result of intensive interventions made this year.
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Arvind Kejriwal Blames Punjab For Higher Delhi Pollution Since October 25
Accusing the Punjab government for failing to control stubble burning of the harvested paddy crop, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that the pollution level had deteriorated in the national capital after October 25.
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With Stubble Burning, Delhi Will Become "Gas Chamber": Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said the city would soon turn into a "gas chamber" as the central, Punjab and Haryana governments were doing "absolutely nothing" for the farmers burning paddy straw.
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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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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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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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Farm Fire Count Declines Between September 15-October 30 In North Indian States: Data
The total number of paddy crop residue burning events during September 15-October 30 period in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and NCR districts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have come down to 53,792 this year.
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Rain Delays Harvesting, Stubble Burning Incidents Could Rise, Say Experts
Two prolonged spells of rain -- in late September and October -- have delayed paddy harvesting by a week in parts of Punjab and Haryana which could lead to a spike in stubble burning incidents, experts said on Wednesday.
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Stubble Burning Continues In Punjab, 700 Fires Recorded So Far
Farm fires have continued in Punjab despite the state government assuring more crop residue management machines and launching massive awareness programmes against stubble burning
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Punjab May Deploy Over 1 Lakh Machines For Crop-Residue Management
The Punjab government is considering introducing over one lakh machines from its own funds for paddy straw management after the centre denied sharing funds to control crop-residue or stubble burning, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said.
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49% Jump In Stubble Burning Cases In Punjab This Paddy Season: Data
Punjab has witnessed 49 per cent more stubble burning incidents from September 21 to November 2 as compared to the corresponding period last year, according to official data.
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Punjab Shouldn't Be Blamed For Delhi's Pollution, Says Amarinder Singh
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Saturday it was not smoke from his state that was causing pollution in Delhi and stressed on the need to find ways to dispose of paddy straw, which farmers in his state usually burn in October and November.
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Punjab Suspends Payment Of Compensation To Farmers For Not Burning Stubble
The Punjab government has suspended payment of compensation to farmers for not burning paddy stubble after complaints that some ineligible people had received the amount, an official said on Tuesday.
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46% Of Delhi Air Pollution From Stubble Burning; Punjab Records 25% Jump
Punjab has witnessed about 25 per cent jump in incidents of stubble burning, while its neighbouring state of Haryana has seen a marginal drop in farm fires so far in the paddy harvesting season.
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Punjab Records 45% Hike In Farm Fires, Amritsar Reports 295 Incidents
The paddy harvesting season has started in Punjab and the state has already recorded a 45 per cent increase in stubble burning incidents till October 11, but the administration hopes the farm fire counts will come down gradually as a result of intensive interventions made this year.
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Arvind Kejriwal Blames Punjab For Higher Delhi Pollution Since October 25
Accusing the Punjab government for failing to control stubble burning of the harvested paddy crop, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that the pollution level had deteriorated in the national capital after October 25.
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With Stubble Burning, Delhi Will Become "Gas Chamber": Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said the city would soon turn into a "gas chamber" as the central, Punjab and Haryana governments were doing "absolutely nothing" for the farmers burning paddy straw.
