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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 Quality On Brink Of Turning "Severe"
A layer of eye-stinging smog lingered over Delhi on Monday as its air quality neared the 'severe' zone with stubble burning accounting for 22 per cent of the city's PM2.5 pollution.
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Delhi Air Quality Worsens, Nears 'Severe' Zone As Stubble Burning Rises
A layer of pungent haze lingered over Delhi on Saturday morning as the city's air quality neared the "severe" zone amid adverse meteorological conditions -- low temperatures and calm winds -- and an increase in incidents of stubble burning in Punjab.
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States Near Delhi Doing Nothing To Stop Stubble Burning: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Delhi's "very poor" air quality was because of stubble burning in the neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, and that the governments were "doing nothing" to help farmers stop it.
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Air Quality Panel Asks 11 Thermal Plants Near Delhi To Co-Fire Biomass Pellets
Centre's air quality commission has directed 11 thermal power plants within 300-km radius of Delhi to co-fire biomass pellets with coal, saying this can utilise millions of tonnes of biomass, address issue of stubble burning and reduce air pollution
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12% Reduction In Stubble Burning Incidents, Says Agriculture Ministry
The Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday that there has been nearly 12 per cent reduction in stubble burning incidents compared to the same period in 2018, with 31,402 such incidents detected, of which Punjab accounts for a maximum of 25,366 cases.
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3000 Farmers Fined In Punjab, Delhi CM Playing Politics: Amarinder Singh On Pollution
Amid the people in national capital chocking on toxic air, the Punjab government has acted against nearly 3,000 farmers for burning stubble, said Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday, while accusing his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal of doing little beyond "playing" politics to address the problem.
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More Stubble Burning This Year Compared To Last Year: Green Panel Chief
More cases of stubble burning in the neighbouring states were recorded this time as compared to last year despite a strict enforcement, Supreme Court-appointed EPCA chairperson Bhure Lal said today as he stressed on the need to bring a change in the mentality of people so that they look at the alternatives to this practice.
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Delhi Records Worst Pollution Of The Season As Air Quality Nears 'Severe'
Delhi's air quality was on the brink of turning severe this morning, when the capital witnessed the worst pollution of the season as stubble burning in neighbouring states intensified, authorities said.
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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.
-
Delhi Air Quality On Brink Of Turning "Severe"
A layer of eye-stinging smog lingered over Delhi on Monday as its air quality neared the 'severe' zone with stubble burning accounting for 22 per cent of the city's PM2.5 pollution.
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Delhi Air Quality Worsens, Nears 'Severe' Zone As Stubble Burning Rises
A layer of pungent haze lingered over Delhi on Saturday morning as the city's air quality neared the "severe" zone amid adverse meteorological conditions -- low temperatures and calm winds -- and an increase in incidents of stubble burning in Punjab.
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States Near Delhi Doing Nothing To Stop Stubble Burning: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Delhi's "very poor" air quality was because of stubble burning in the neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, and that the governments were "doing nothing" to help farmers stop it.
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Air Quality Panel Asks 11 Thermal Plants Near Delhi To Co-Fire Biomass Pellets
Centre's air quality commission has directed 11 thermal power plants within 300-km radius of Delhi to co-fire biomass pellets with coal, saying this can utilise millions of tonnes of biomass, address issue of stubble burning and reduce air pollution
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12% Reduction In Stubble Burning Incidents, Says Agriculture Ministry
The Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday that there has been nearly 12 per cent reduction in stubble burning incidents compared to the same period in 2018, with 31,402 such incidents detected, of which Punjab accounts for a maximum of 25,366 cases.
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3000 Farmers Fined In Punjab, Delhi CM Playing Politics: Amarinder Singh On Pollution
Amid the people in national capital chocking on toxic air, the Punjab government has acted against nearly 3,000 farmers for burning stubble, said Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday, while accusing his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal of doing little beyond "playing" politics to address the problem.
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More Stubble Burning This Year Compared To Last Year: Green Panel Chief
More cases of stubble burning in the neighbouring states were recorded this time as compared to last year despite a strict enforcement, Supreme Court-appointed EPCA chairperson Bhure Lal said today as he stressed on the need to bring a change in the mentality of people so that they look at the alternatives to this practice.
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Delhi Records Worst Pollution Of The Season As Air Quality Nears 'Severe'
Delhi's air quality was on the brink of turning severe this morning, when the capital witnessed the worst pollution of the season as stubble burning in neighbouring states intensified, authorities said.
