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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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Centre Doubles Fines On Stubble Burning Amid Delhi's Air Quality Crisis
The Centre has doubled the stubble burning fine in Delhi and adjoining areas in view of the fast-plummeting Air Quality Index in the region.
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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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Delhi Police Arrests Farmer For Burning Stubble
The Delhi Police has arrested a farmer for allegedly burning stubble on his farmland in Dwarka's Chawla area, an official said on Friday.
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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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Delhi Air In 'Very Poor' Zone, City's Stubble Burning Share Rises To 26%
Delhi's air quality was in the 'very poor' category on Sunday and deteriorated to the 'severe category' in some areas, with forecasters saying that slow wind speed and an increase in stubble burning, especially in Punjab, may make it worse.
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Decline In Stubble Burning Area This Year: Punjab Chief Secretary
Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Saturday said the state has so far reported stubble burning over 7.49 lakh hectares, about five per cent lower than what it had witnessed in corresponding period last year.
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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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On Pollution, Arvind Kejriwal's Appeal "With Folded Hands": 10 Points
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has appealed "with folded hands" to the Punjab and Haryana governments to put an end to stubble burning, as a blanket of haze settled over Delhi and its neighbouring areas in what has become a norm every winter. Since Monday, the air quality in the national capital has entered the "severe" category -- the second...
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As Air Quality Worsens, Delhi Shares NASA Images Of Crop Burning Nearby
The Delhi government shared NASA satellite images depicting "largescale stubble burning" in the national capital and its adjoining areas on Tuesday, a day when the region's overall air quality slipped to "very poor" levels.
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Delhi Air Quality Remains 'Very Poor', 4 Areas In 'Severe' Category
Delhi's air pollution level dipped slightly today to remain in the "very poor" category as authorities detected stubble burning in Uttar Pradesh for the first time this season after Punjab and Haryana which they said may add to the pollution woes of the national capital.
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Only Delhi Minister Answers Centre's Call, 4 States Skip Pollution Meet
With air pollution levels in Delhi and adjoining areas falling in the "very poor" category, Union Environment Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan called a meeting of the environment ministers of five north Indian states today. However, only Delhi minister Imran Hussain showed up. The environment ministers of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh decid...
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Delhi Air Quality Turns 'Severe', Records Worst Pollution Of The Season
Delhi's air quality turned 'severe' today for the first time this season with stubble burning intensifying in the neighbouring states, authorities said.
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Air Quality In Delhi Remains Poor For The Second Day
Delhi's air quality remained 'poor' for the second consecutive day today. The authorities forecast it to further deteriorate in the next couple of days due to change in direction of wind, which is now flowing from stubble burning areas in Punjab and Haryana.
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Delhi Air Quality Falls To 'Poor' Levels; Concerns Over Stubble-Burning
Delhi's air quality has slipped back to "poor" category due to change in direction of wind, which is now blowing from stubble burning areas in Punjab and Haryana, authorities said Monday.
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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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Centre Doubles Fines On Stubble Burning Amid Delhi's Air Quality Crisis
The Centre has doubled the stubble burning fine in Delhi and adjoining areas in view of the fast-plummeting Air Quality Index in the region.
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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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Delhi Police Arrests Farmer For Burning Stubble
The Delhi Police has arrested a farmer for allegedly burning stubble on his farmland in Dwarka's Chawla area, an official said on Friday.
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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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Delhi Air In 'Very Poor' Zone, City's Stubble Burning Share Rises To 26%
Delhi's air quality was in the 'very poor' category on Sunday and deteriorated to the 'severe category' in some areas, with forecasters saying that slow wind speed and an increase in stubble burning, especially in Punjab, may make it worse.
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Decline In Stubble Burning Area This Year: Punjab Chief Secretary
Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Saturday said the state has so far reported stubble burning over 7.49 lakh hectares, about five per cent lower than what it had witnessed in corresponding period last year.
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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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On Pollution, Arvind Kejriwal's Appeal "With Folded Hands": 10 Points
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has appealed "with folded hands" to the Punjab and Haryana governments to put an end to stubble burning, as a blanket of haze settled over Delhi and its neighbouring areas in what has become a norm every winter. Since Monday, the air quality in the national capital has entered the "severe" category -- the second...
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As Air Quality Worsens, Delhi Shares NASA Images Of Crop Burning Nearby
The Delhi government shared NASA satellite images depicting "largescale stubble burning" in the national capital and its adjoining areas on Tuesday, a day when the region's overall air quality slipped to "very poor" levels.
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Delhi Air Quality Remains 'Very Poor', 4 Areas In 'Severe' Category
Delhi's air pollution level dipped slightly today to remain in the "very poor" category as authorities detected stubble burning in Uttar Pradesh for the first time this season after Punjab and Haryana which they said may add to the pollution woes of the national capital.
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Only Delhi Minister Answers Centre's Call, 4 States Skip Pollution Meet
With air pollution levels in Delhi and adjoining areas falling in the "very poor" category, Union Environment Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan called a meeting of the environment ministers of five north Indian states today. However, only Delhi minister Imran Hussain showed up. The environment ministers of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh decid...
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Delhi Air Quality Turns 'Severe', Records Worst Pollution Of The Season
Delhi's air quality turned 'severe' today for the first time this season with stubble burning intensifying in the neighbouring states, authorities said.
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Air Quality In Delhi Remains Poor For The Second Day
Delhi's air quality remained 'poor' for the second consecutive day today. The authorities forecast it to further deteriorate in the next couple of days due to change in direction of wind, which is now flowing from stubble burning areas in Punjab and Haryana.
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Delhi Air Quality Falls To 'Poor' Levels; Concerns Over Stubble-Burning
Delhi's air quality has slipped back to "poor" category due to change in direction of wind, which is now blowing from stubble burning areas in Punjab and Haryana, authorities said Monday.
