Stubble burning: More than 700 farm fires recorded in Punjab .

By PTI

CHANDIGARH: More than 700 farm fires have been recorded up to now in Punjab regardless of the state authorities making a number of efforts to curb the apply of stubble burning.

According to information from the Ludhiana-based Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, the state witnessed 4 farm hearth incidents—two in Amritsar and one every in Ludhiana and Kapurthala on Monday.

From September 15 until October 10, a complete of 718 farm hearth incidents have been recorded, as per the information.

On the identical day in 2020 and 2021, the state had witnessed 244 and 150 farm fires, respectively, in line with the information.

The farm fires continued regardless of the state authorities assuring extra crop residue administration machines and launching huge consciousness programmes in opposition to stubble burning.

The stubble burning incidents are anticipated to rise in coming days as paddy harvesting obtained delayed by at the very least 10 days due to rains final month.

A couple of days in the past, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had even held conferences with varied farmer our bodies and had instructed them that his authorities was making all-out efforts for the administration of paddy stubble and had urged the farmers to help it for a similar whereas stressing the necessity for safeguarding the atmosphere.

Mann had additionally mentioned {that a} complete of 1.22 lakh crop residue administration machines had been made accessible for farmers within the present season.

A cellular app had additionally been developed whereby farmers may come to know in regards to the availability of machines for the administration of paddy straw inside a radius of two-three kilometers.

However, farmers have been demanding Rs 6,000 per acre for stubble administration.

Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is likely one of the causes behind the alarming spike in air air pollution ranges within the nationwide capital in October and November.

As the window for rabi crop wheat could be very quick after paddy harvest, farmers set their fields on hearth to rapidly clear off the crop residue.

Punjab generates round 180 lakh tonnes of paddy straw yearly.

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 giant variety of stubble-burning incidents.

CHANDIGARH: More than 700 farm fires have been recorded up to now in Punjab regardless of the state authorities making a number of efforts to curb the apply of stubble burning.

According to information from the Ludhiana-based Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, the state witnessed 4 farm hearth incidents—two in Amritsar and one every in Ludhiana and Kapurthala on Monday.

From September 15 until October 10, a complete of 718 farm hearth incidents have been recorded, as per the information.

On the identical day in 2020 and 2021, the state had witnessed 244 and 150 farm fires, respectively, in line with the information.

The farm fires continued regardless of the state authorities assuring extra crop residue administration machines and launching huge consciousness programmes in opposition to stubble burning.

The stubble burning incidents are anticipated to rise in coming days as paddy harvesting obtained delayed by at the very least 10 days due to rains final month.

A couple of days in the past, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had even held conferences with varied farmer our bodies and had instructed them that his authorities was making all-out efforts for the administration of paddy stubble and had urged the farmers to help it for a similar whereas stressing the necessity for safeguarding the atmosphere.

Mann had additionally mentioned {that a} complete of 1.22 lakh crop residue administration machines had been made accessible for farmers within the present season.

A cellular app had additionally been developed whereby farmers may come to know in regards to the availability of machines for the administration of paddy straw inside a radius of two-three kilometers.

However, farmers have been demanding Rs 6,000 per acre for stubble administration.

Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is likely one of the causes behind the alarming spike in air air pollution ranges within the nationwide capital in October and November.

As the window for rabi crop wheat could be very quick after paddy harvest, farmers set their fields on hearth to rapidly clear off the crop residue.

Punjab generates round 180 lakh tonnes of paddy straw yearly.

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 giant variety of stubble-burning incidents.