Punjab Reports 345 Fresh Farm Fires Cases, Takes Total Count Past 6,500

Chandigarh: Punjab recorded 345 farm fires on Sunday, with Sangrur witnessing 116 such incidents, taking total case count in state past 6,600.

From September 15 to vember 10, Punjab saw 6,611 stubble-burning incidents, according to Punjab Remote Sensing Centre data.

Among districts, Sangrur reported 116 farm fire cases, followed by Mansa 44, Ferozepur 26, Moga and Faridkot 24 each and Muktsar 20.

Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana after pdy harvesting in October and vember is often blamed for rise in air pollution in Delhi.

As window for growing Rabi crops, especially wheat, after pdy harvest is very short, some farmers set ir fields on fire to quickly clear off crop residue for sowing of next crop.

Punjab recorded a total of 36,663 farm fires in 2023, registering a 26 per cent drop in such incidents from previous year. state recorded 49,922 fire events in 2022, 71,304 in 2021, 76,590 in 2020, 55,210 in 2019 and 50,590 in 2018. 

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