Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath released the Bio-Energy Policy 2022 to promote biofuel in UP and encourage large-scale investment in the sector. Many big investors had signed MoUs with the state government during the Global Investors Summit in this regard.
After the Haryana government claimed that there is more stubble burning in Punjab than in Haryana, Punjab Minister Bram Shanker Sharma said that the cases of stubble burning has gone down by 50 percent this year.
"As Delhi chokes, here is AAP in 2020: Stubble-burning in Punjab is causing air pollution in Delhi. Strictest action should be taken against Punjab CM. And 2023: We have no official data; we don't know what causes air pollution in Delhi. Kejriwal's criminal neglect is killing," BJP leader Am
"Everyone knows there is industrial pollution, vehicular pollution and others, the issue of stubble burning is a very small part of it. The BJP government didn't pay attention in the last 9-10 years. I would request Congress to include this in the manifesto that Haryana will have the cleanes
Deputy Director of Agriculture, Dr Wazir Singh on Monday revealed that this year, only 48 cases of stubble burning have been registered in Karnal. This marks a substantial decrease from the previous year when approximately 140 cases were recorded.
"We have spoken to the environment ministers of the surrounding states and they have assured that they will take action on stubble burning... Due to Diwali, stubble and Dussehra, the next 10 to 15 days are very crucial for Delhi..." Rai said.
As the overall air quality index (AQI) declined to the 'very poor' category in the national capital on Sunday, visuals of stubble getting burned in a field in Haryana's Karnal has surfaced.
Amid concerns around stubble burning in neighbouring Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, the overall air quality in the national capital continued to remain in the 'moderate' category on Wednesday.
In line with the commitment to combat stubble burning, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Monday that there is no reason to burn stubble, but if people still don't understand, we will be strict with them.
In view of the preparations to tackle the pollution problem in the coming winter season to tackle pollution, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that the government is leading the proceedings for the implementation of the 15-point winter action plan.