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Punjab: 560 cases of stubble burning reported in Ludhiana so far this year
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As the Air Quality Index (AQI) in several parts of Delhi-NCR is reeling under the 'severe' category, nearly 560 cases of stubble burning have been reported in Ludhiana so far.
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Reached to stop farm fires, govt official made to burn stubble by farmers
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A group of farmers in Punjab's Bathinda district courted controversy after they allegedly forced a government official, who was part of a team to prevent farm fires, to burn the stubble lying in a field on Friday.
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Punjab: Fines imposed on farmers in Punjab's Faridkot over stubble burning
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Kiranjeet Gill, an officer of the Agriculture Department of Faridkot, said, "When we went out in the field yesterday too, a fire was lit by a farmer on Muktsar Kotkapura Road in Wada Daraka village near Kotkapura and there was a lot of smoke coming out of it, there was a danger of an acciden
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"Due to Delhi's people, govt's hard work, we had 200 good air days": AAP
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI on the issue, Kakkar said, "Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and our Environment Minister are continuously working on the ground. Due to Delhi's people and the government's hard work, we had 200 good air days. In Punjab, we reduced stubble burning by 50-67 per cent. We are agre
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321 farmers indulged in stubble burning in Punjab's Moga: Agriculture Depa
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Agriculture Department officials in the Moga district of Punjab have said that 321 farmers in the district have indulged in stubble burning, and they have gone to the fields of 205 farmers and imposed a fine against them.
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BJP's Shehzad Poonawala dons gas mask, claims Smog Tower in Delhi non-func
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Shehzad Poonawalla says, "Delhi has become a gas chamber under Arvind Kejriwal. He has ensured that AQI levels are at their highest in the last four to five years. He has done nothing to tackle pollution; he used to blame stubble burning in Punjab."
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Haryana's target is to reduce stubble burning by 50%: Dy Commissioner Jind
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As the air quality in several parts of Delhi slipped to the 'severe' category on Friday morning and the three neighbouring states- Delhi, Punjab and Haryana are locked in a tussle over the pollution problem, Deputy Commissioner Mohd Imran Raza Jind said that their target was to reduce stu
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Punjab: HPCL to set up 2G bio-refinery plant in Bathinda
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The 2G bio-refinery is designed for the utilization of paddy straw for the production of ethanol for blending with petrol under the Ethanol Blending Program of the Central Government.
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Punjab: Bathinda AQI recorded 'poor' category after stubble burning
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"The smoke of stubble spread in Bathinda, the air became poisonous, and the administration appealed to the distressed farmers not to burn the stubble." Lucky, a local resident said.
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Stubble burning: Centre should provide compensation, says Sukhbir Singh Ba
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday demanded that the Central Government should provide a compensation package or make arrangements to purchase the stubble as the blame game continues between neighbouring Haryana and Punjab governments over the deteriorating air pollu
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"Punjab govt brought stubble burning down by 50 percent", claims state min
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
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.
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Haryana govt points fingers at Delhi and Punjab over pollution problem
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The three neighbouring states- Delhi, Punjab and Haryana locked in tussle over the pollution problem in the state
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