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Tarn Taran, Amritsar, Gurdaspur account for 60 consistent with cent of stubble burning instances in Punjab

By way of PTI

CHANDIGARH: Punjab recorded just about 3,700 stubble burning incidents between September 15 and October 22 and about 60 consistent with cent of those had been in 3 districts of Majha area — Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Gurdaspur.

In step with information from the Ludhiana-based Punjab Far off Sensing Centre, Tarn Taran reported 1,034 stubble burning incidents, most within the state, adopted via Amritsar 895 and Gurdaspur 324.

The state total witnessed 3,696 instances of stubble burning throughout the duration.

Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is without doubt one of the causes in the back of the alarming spike in air air pollution ranges within the nationwide capital area in October and November. And, the location is continuously irritated via bursting of firecrackers round Diwali.

Paddy harvest is whole in 35 consistent with cent of the overall cultivated house in Punjab and it’s going to select up in an afternoon or two, stated an professional of the state agriculture division.

Crop harvesting were given not on time via no less than 10 days on account of premature rain in September. Punjab has round 30.84 lakh hectares of paddy house on this Kharif season.

Different districts that have to this point observed stubble burning incidents come with Patiala (246), Kapurthala (214), Ferozepur (187), Jalandhar (169) and Ludhiana (131).

Pathankot is the one district within the state which has now not observed a unmarried stubble burning incident to this point this season.

Farm hearth incidents have picked up because the state has observed a four-fold build up in such instances since October 10. Until October 10, the state had witnessed 718 stubble burning incidents.

Then again, the location is marginally higher this 12 months as of now compared to stubble burning incidents within the ultimate two years.

Punjab had reported 10,785 and 5,438 such incidents until October 22 in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

On October 22, Punjab noticed 582 lively farm hearth incidents. Then again, at the identical day in 2020 and 2021, the state had observed 1,341 and 1,111 such incidents, in keeping with the knowledge.

Farm fires endured in spite of the state executive assuring extra crop residue control machines and launching huge consciousness programmes in opposition to stubble burning.

Because the window for the cultivation of wheat (Rabi crop) may be very brief after the paddy harvest, farmers set their fields on hearth to briefly transparent off the crop residue. Punjab generates round 180 lakh tonne of paddy straw every year.

The state recorded 71,304 such hearth 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 large-scale stubble burning.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab recorded just about 3,700 stubble burning incidents between September 15 and October 22 and about 60 consistent with cent of those had been in 3 districts of Majha area — Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Gurdaspur.

In step with information from the Ludhiana-based Punjab Far off Sensing Centre, Tarn Taran reported 1,034 stubble burning incidents, most within the state, adopted via Amritsar 895 and Gurdaspur 324.

The state total witnessed 3,696 instances of stubble burning throughout the duration.

Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is without doubt one of the causes in the back of the alarming spike in air air pollution ranges within the nationwide capital area in October and November. And, the location is continuously irritated via bursting of firecrackers round Diwali.

Paddy harvest is whole in 35 consistent with cent of the overall cultivated house in Punjab and it’s going to select up in an afternoon or two, stated an professional of the state agriculture division.

Crop harvesting were given not on time via no less than 10 days on account of premature rain in September. Punjab has round 30.84 lakh hectares of paddy house on this Kharif season.

Different districts that have to this point observed stubble burning incidents come with Patiala (246), Kapurthala (214), Ferozepur (187), Jalandhar (169) and Ludhiana (131).

Pathankot is the one district within the state which has now not observed a unmarried stubble burning incident to this point this season.

Farm hearth incidents have picked up because the state has observed a four-fold build up in such instances since October 10. Until October 10, the state had witnessed 718 stubble burning incidents.

Then again, the location is marginally higher this 12 months as of now compared to stubble burning incidents within the ultimate two years.

Punjab had reported 10,785 and 5,438 such incidents until October 22 in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

On October 22, Punjab noticed 582 lively farm hearth incidents. Then again, at the identical day in 2020 and 2021, the state had observed 1,341 and 1,111 such incidents, in keeping with the knowledge.

Farm fires endured in spite of the state executive assuring extra crop residue control machines and launching huge consciousness programmes in opposition to stubble burning.

Because the window for the cultivation of wheat (Rabi crop) may be very brief after the paddy harvest, farmers set their fields on hearth to briefly transparent off the crop residue. Punjab generates round 180 lakh tonne of paddy straw every year.

The state recorded 71,304 such hearth 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 large-scale stubble burning.