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Gopal Rai starts campaign against open burning of waste in Delhi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): Delhi Environment Minister on Thursday started a campaign against open burning of garbage in Delhi which will go on till December 11.
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Delhi govt to launch 'anti-open burning campaign' from Nov 11
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): The Delhi government on Tuesday announced that it will launch the "anti-open burning campaign" from November 11 to curb the instances of open burning in the national capital.
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Haryana: FIR against farmers in Kaithal for burning stubble
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kaithal (Haryana) [India], November 9 (ANI): The Kaithal district administration in Haryana filed an FIR against the farmers who burnt stubble on Monday.
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Stubble burning cases in Punjab 25 pc less than last year: Environment eng
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India] November 8, (ANI): A total of 32,734 cases of stubble burning have been reported in Punjab from mid-September till now and the average number of fires is 25% less as compared to last year, according to Samita, environmental engineer, Punjab State Pollution Control B
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Punjab farmers demand Rs 7,000 per acre compensation to stop stubble burni
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Amritsar (Punjab) [India], November 8 (ANI): Stubble burning continued in Punjab on Monday amid 'severe' Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi.
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Gopal Rai to write to Union Envt Minister Bhupender Yadav demanding emerge
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New Delhi [India], November 7 (ANI): Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Sunday said that he will be sending a letter to Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav asking him to call an emergency meeting on the issue of stubble burning.
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Haryana officials visit farms to douse stubble fires in fields, create awa
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Kaithal (Haryana) [India], November 6 (ANI): Haryana Agriculture Department officials on Saturday visited farms to douse off fires set to stubble piled up in fields in Kaithal and also create awareness about the hazards of stubble burning and government schemes in this regard.
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Emissions from stubble burning reach 36 pc today, relief expected by tomor
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New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): With emissions from stubble burning contributing to a 36 per cent share of the pollution in Delhi on Saturday, the national capital's Air Quality Index (AQI) remaining in the "severe category" for the second consecutive day.
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Pollution not limited to northern states, everyone will have to think over
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New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Punjab Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Saturday said that pollution is not just limited to northern states of the country and every citizen will have to think about it.
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Stubble burning, firecrackers responsible for heavy pollution in Delhi, sa
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New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday said that the sudden increase in the number of stubble burning incidents and firecrackers are the two major reasons for heavy pollution in the Delhi region.
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Delhi's air quality deteriorates to 'poor' category
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): The air quality in the national capital deteriorated to the "poor" category on Thursday with an increase in stubble burning, according to the Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).
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Punjab: Ferozpur's biomass power plant generating electricity using stubbl
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Ferozepur (Punjab) [India], October 20 (ANI): A biomass power plant in Punjab generates electricity using paddy stubble amid the problem of stubble burning by farmers in the state.
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