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Punjab Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua on Tuesday assured the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) that the state will reduce the fire instances by 50 per cent in comparison with 2022
Gopal Rai also appealed to all the agencies and resident welfare associations of Delhi to provide heaters to employees and guards on night duty
Smoke from the burning of crop stubble lingers over most of north India for weeks during the cold months of November and December, with air quality deteriorating to hazardous levels in several areas
Experts say cloudy skies in 2022 and farmers only burning part of the stubble could have led to an underestimation of this year's stubble fires
Bhupender Yadav also criticised the AAP governments in Delhi and Punjab for adopting a two-sided approach to curb farm fires
The total number of paddy crop residue burning events during Sept 15-October 30 period in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and NCR districts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have come down to 53,792 this year
Punjab recorded a 30 per cent drop in stubble burning incidents this season (from September 15 to November 30) as compared to last year, Environment Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer said
Under the campaign, the authorities are appealing to farmers to "donate" the paddy stubble to the "gauthans", the livestock sheds
With its unique stubble management technology to minimise stubble burning, Canadian smart seeder has sensitised farmers in Punjab and Haryana through winter wheat sowing trials
Delhi's air quality improved significantly on Tuesday amid a sharp decline in farm fires in Punjab over the last two days
The fact is Delhi is also part of the pollution problem - its sources of combustion add to the pollution of neighbouring states and theirs to Delhi
Special incentives for small farmers to scale up adoption of paddy stubble management measures and an increase in area under short-duration crop varieties are key recommendations of a new study
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The commission recently heard the responses of the Chief Secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh in connection with its suo motu cognizance of unabated air pollution in Delhi- NCR
The state had reported 71,091 such incidents during the same period in 2020
An AQI between 201 and 300 is considered "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 500 "severe"
The Commission has asked the chief secretaries concerned to remain present again either in person or hybrid mode on November 18 for the next hearing on the matter
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Brick kilns, hot mix plants and stone crushers are also not allowed to operate