By way of PTI
CHANDIGARH: Greater than 700 farm fires had been recorded thus far in Punjab in spite of the state government making a number of efforts to curb the apply of stubble burning.
In keeping with information from the Ludhiana-based Punjab Far flung Sensing Centre, the state witnessed 4 farm fireplace incidents—two in Amritsar and one every in Ludhiana and Kapurthala on Monday.
From September 15 until October 10, a complete of 718 farm fireplace incidents had been recorded, as according to the knowledge.
At the identical day in 2020 and 2021, the state had witnessed 244 and 150 farm fires, respectively, in line with the knowledge.
The farm fires persisted in spite of the state executive assuring extra crop residue control machines and launching huge consciousness programmes towards stubble burning.
The stubble burning incidents are anticipated to upward push in coming days as paddy harvesting were given not on time by means of no less than 10 days as a result of rains closing month.
A couple of days in the past, Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann had even held conferences with quite a lot of farmer our bodies and had instructed them that his executive was once making all-out efforts for the control of paddy stubble and had advised the farmers to strengthen it for a similar whilst stressing the desire for safeguarding the surroundings.
Mann had additionally stated {that a} general of one.22 lakh crop residue control machines were made to be had for farmers within the present season.
A cell app had additionally been advanced wherein farmers may come to understand in regards to the availability of machines for the control of paddy straw inside of a radius of two-three kilometers.
On the other hand, farmers had been tough Rs 6,000 according to acre for stubble control.
Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is among the causes in the back of the alarming spike in air air pollution ranges within the nationwide capital in October and November.
Because the window for rabi crop wheat may be very quick after paddy harvest, farmers set their fields on fireplace to temporarily transparent off the crop residue.
Punjab generates round 180 lakh tonnes of paddy straw yearly.
The state recorded 71,304 such fireplace incidents in 2021, 76,590 in 2020, 55,210 in 2019 and 50,590 in 2018 with many districts together with Sangrur, Mansa, Bathinda and Amritsar witnessing huge selection of stubble-burning incidents.
CHANDIGARH: Greater than 700 farm fires had been recorded thus far in Punjab in spite of the state government making a number of efforts to curb the apply of stubble burning.
In keeping with information from the Ludhiana-based Punjab Far flung Sensing Centre, the state witnessed 4 farm fireplace incidents—two in Amritsar and one every in Ludhiana and Kapurthala on Monday.
From September 15 until October 10, a complete of 718 farm fireplace incidents had been recorded, as according to the knowledge.
At the identical day in 2020 and 2021, the state had witnessed 244 and 150 farm fires, respectively, in line with the knowledge.
The farm fires persisted in spite of the state executive assuring extra crop residue control machines and launching huge consciousness programmes towards stubble burning.
The stubble burning incidents are anticipated to upward push in coming days as paddy harvesting were given not on time by means of no less than 10 days as a result of rains closing month.
A couple of days in the past, Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann had even held conferences with quite a lot of farmer our bodies and had instructed them that his executive was once making all-out efforts for the control of paddy stubble and had advised the farmers to strengthen it for a similar whilst stressing the desire for safeguarding the surroundings.
Mann had additionally stated {that a} general of one.22 lakh crop residue control machines were made to be had for farmers within the present season.
A cell app had additionally been advanced wherein farmers may come to understand in regards to the availability of machines for the control of paddy straw inside of a radius of two-three kilometers.
On the other hand, farmers had been tough Rs 6,000 according to acre for stubble control.
Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is among the causes in the back of the alarming spike in air air pollution ranges within the nationwide capital in October and November.
Because the window for rabi crop wheat may be very quick after paddy harvest, farmers set their fields on fireplace to temporarily transparent off the crop residue.
Punjab generates round 180 lakh tonnes of paddy straw yearly.
The state recorded 71,304 such fireplace incidents in 2021, 76,590 in 2020, 55,210 in 2019 and 50,590 in 2018 with many districts together with Sangrur, Mansa, Bathinda and Amritsar witnessing huge selection of stubble-burning incidents.
