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Amid air pollution concerns, farmers in Amritsar continue stubble burning
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 11 (ANI): Amid rising concerns regarding air pollution in the national capital and neighbouring states, farmers in Amritsar's Meharbanpura village continued to burn stubble in their fields.
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Sensitise farmers against stubble burning, which can worsen COVID situatio
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Chandigarh [India], October 9 (ANI): Asserting that many panchayats have passed resolutions against stubble burning, Punjab Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Aruna Chaudhary on Friday urged the rest to sensitise the farmers against the menace, which could exacerbate the C
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Delhi govt to spray bio-decomposer in fields from October 11 to prevent s
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New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced that the Delhi government will start spraying bio-decomposer solution prepared by Pusa Research Institute from October 11 to prevent stubble burning.
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Kejriwal inspects centre at Najafgarh as Delhi begins production of stubbl
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New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday inspected centre where a solution to turn stubble into manure is being prepared at Najafgarh.
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SC to hear plea suggesting releasing portion of MSP to farmers only after
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New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea that a portion of Minimum Support Price (MSP) should be withheld from farmers and released later only after verifying that they did not burn stubble.
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We burn stubble as govt compensation inadequate: Amritsar farmers
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 2 (ANI): Amid rising concerns regarding air pollution in the national capital and neighbouring states, farmers in Amritsar's Devidaspura continued to burn stubble in their fields.
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Stubble decomposition machine trials to be carried out in all states: Prak
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New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): All the states will conduct the trials of a decomposer, developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Pusa Institute to deal with the issue of stubble burning, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday.
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Environment ministry holds meeting on stubble burning, air pollution
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New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): With reports of stubble burning in the states neighbouring Delhi, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) held a virtual meeting on the issue of air pollution on Thursday.
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EPCA submits report to SC on Punjab-Haryana stubble burning, writes to sta
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New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Supreme Court-mandated pollution watchdog Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) on Wednesday submitted its report to the apex court on Punjab-Haryana stubble burning.
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Delhi govt to use Pusa Institute solution to curb pollution caused by stub
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New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that to check pollution caused by stubble burning in the national capital, the Union Territory government will use technology developed by Pusa Agriculture Institute to decompose straw in the fields
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Environment ministerial meet on air pollution with Delhi, Punjab, Haryana,
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New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar informed that this year meeting with Environment Ministers of Delhi and neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan will be held virtually on October 1.
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Environment Ministry to hold review and preparation meeting regarding air
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New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) will conduct a virtual meeting on October 1 on the issue related to air pollution and stubble burning.
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