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Gopal Rai to write to Union Envt Minister Bhupender Yadav demanding emerge
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
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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Cases of paddy straw burning drop in Punjab's Ludhiana
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], October 19 (ANI): Cases of paddy straw burning have dropped significantly in Punjab's Ludhiana district, as per the data provided by Crop Residue Burning (CRB) Information and Management System.
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Haryana govt directs industries to use stubble for ethanol, energy product
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], October 17 (ANI): Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that the government has asked the industries to use stubble for ethanol and energy production and will not let the pollution increase.
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Kejriwal blames neighbouring states for rise in Delhi air pollution
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday hit out at the neighbouring states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana and blamed them for the rise in pollution in the national capital and appealed to them to "understand" their responsibility and help
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Delhi, NCR wakes up to rain on Sunday, air quality expected to improve mar
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): Residents in Delhi on Sunday woke up to a cloudy day with light to moderate intensity showers in several parts of the city and NCR and the national capital territory, which is expected to marginally improve the air quality index over the next few days.
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Farmers in Punjab's Bathinda burn stubble, say not left with any other cho
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bathinda (Punjab) [India], October 14 (ANI): Farmers in Punjab's Bathinda have started burning stubble, saying that they are not being provided with a 50 per cent subsidy as directed by the state government in September.
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