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Uttar Pradesh: Taj Mahal in Agra disappears under blanket of smog with sur
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Air pollution levels can be high during the winter months for a number of reasons, including dust and vehicular pollution, dry-cold weather, stubble burning, burning crop residues after the harvest season and commuting.
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Canadian Firm Clean Seed and Chandigarh University come to rescue of India
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 8 (ANI/PR Newswire): Among the various issues being faced by India's Agriculture sector, stubble burning and soil depletion due to intensive cultivation and over-mining of nutrients by crops are the most serious ones. Far from a mere nuisance, pollution from
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Man booked for burning stubble in Punjab's Bathinda
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Bathinda (Punjab) [India], November 18 (ANI): Punjab Police on Wednesday registered a case against one person for allegedly burning crop residue in Bathinda.
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19 farmers booked for stubble burning in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Nineteen farmers have been booked for burning crop residue in Sitapur district, officials said on Sunday.
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We will not burn straw if we are compensated for managing stubble, says Pu
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Farmers continue to burn stubble in the district despite the ban imposed by the Punjab government. Farmers say that they will stop burning crop residue if they are suitably compensated by the government for managing stubble.
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Do not blame us for air pollution: Punjab Farmers
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 18 (ANI): Despite a ban by the Punjab government, incidents of stubble burning have not abated in the nearby areas of Amritsar. Scores of farmers here have been burning crop residue, causing air pollution in the nearby states, while claiming that they lack a
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Haryana: Stubble burning continues in Fatehabad despite ban
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Fatehabad (Haryana) [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Despite a ban by the Haryana government, incidents of stubble burning have not abated in Fatehabad town of the state. Farmers here have been burning crop residue, causing pollution in the nearby states, while claiming that they lack alternatives.
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Punjab: SGPC urges farmers not to burn crop residue in reverence to 550th
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Wednesday urged the farmers of Punjab to abstain from burning crop residue in open fields in reverence to 550th Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev.
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NTPC invites bids for Agro Residue based fuel as part of environment frien
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): India's biggest power producer NTPC on Thursday opened bids for procuring 1,000 metric tonnes per day of agro residue based fuel for its 2,650 MW Dadri power plant in the National Capital Region as part of initiatives to help clean air and provide farmers with
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