Stubble Burning
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Delhiites wake up to hazy skies, air quality 'very poor'
News | Nov 08, 2020, 06:28 PM ISTNational capital continues to reel under pollution. Air Quality Index stood in 'very poor' category in Delhi. Visibility remained poor around Indira Gandhi International Airport area due to pollutants in the atmosphere.
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UP Cong chief demands release of farmers 'arrested' over stubble burning
India | Nov 04, 2020, 11:12 PM ISTUttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu demanded on Wednesday immediate release of all the farmers who have been allegedly arrested over stubble burning.
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Neighbouring states have done nothing to control stubble burning: Kejriwal
India | Nov 04, 2020, 09:08 PM ISTDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday accused Delhi's neighbouring states for their failure in providing an alternate option of stubble burning to their farmers which leads to major pollution across Northern India.
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49% jump in stubble burning cases in Punjab this paddy season, says data
India | Nov 03, 2020, 10:44 AM ISTPunjab has witnessed 49 per cent more stubble burning incidents from September 21 to November 2 as compared to the corresponding period last year, according to official data.
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Stubble burning now contributing to 40 per cent in Delhi's air pollution
India | Nov 02, 2020, 06:53 AM ISTStubble burning has peaked in the neighbouring states of Delhi and its share in the pollution level in the national capital has risen to 40 per cent, the Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality monitoring agency SAFAR said on Sunday.
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Delhi's air quality in 'severe' category due to calm winds, spike in stubble burning
India | Oct 30, 2020, 11:20 AM ISTDelhi air pollution: The Air Quality Index (AQI) dropped to the severe category in Delhi-NCP on Friday morning. The slow speed of air has led to the accumulation of pollutants in the atmosphere.
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Stubble burning share in Delhi's pollution rises to 36 pc, maximum so far this season: SAFAR
India | Oct 29, 2020, 02:57 PM ISTThe share of stubble burning in Delhi's PM2.5 pollution rose to 36 per cent on Thursday, the maximum so far this season, according to a central government air quality monitoring agency.
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Stubble burning: Centre assures SC it is coming out with law to deal with air pollution
India | Oct 26, 2020, 04:14 PM ISTThe Supreme Court today kept in abeyance its order appointing a panel to monitor the steps taken to prevent stubble burning. Stubble burning is a major cause of pollution in the Delhi-NCR.
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Shut non-complying thermal power plants if air quality worsens: SC-appointed panel tells UP, Haryana
India | Oct 20, 2020, 11:33 AM IST"I had in this letter explained that we may have to direct the closure of thermal power plants, which do not meet the 2015 standards as air quality deteriorates in the coming days," he said
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Delhi's air quality improves to 'poor' with wind speed; stubble burning likely to increase
India | Oct 19, 2020, 09:47 AM ISTAir quality in the national capital was recorded 'poor' on Monday, even as pollution levels dipped slightly due to favourable wind speed. However, the share of stubble burning in the city's pollution is likely to increase, according to the Ministry of Earth Sciences' Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi.
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Delhi's air quality 'poor', share of stubble burning in pollution likely to increase significantly
India | Oct 18, 2020, 10:06 AM ISTDelhi's air quality was recorded in the "poor" category on Sunday morning. According to a central government agency, the share of stubble burning in Delhi's PM2.5 pollution is likely to "increase significantly."
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Stubble burning's contribution in Delhi's air pollution keeps changing: CPCB
News | Oct 16, 2020, 08:47 PM ISTThe Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Chairperson, Shiv Das Meena said that contribution of stubble burning in air pollution of Delhi, dependent on meteorological and other factors.
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SC declines Centre's request, appoints ex-judge MB Lokur as one-man panel to prevent stubble burning
India | Oct 16, 2020, 05:17 PM ISTThe Supreme Court Friday appointed retired apex court judge Justice Madan B Lokur as a one-man committee to take steps for preventing stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh which is a source of pollution in Delhi-national capital region (NCR).
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'Our children also breathing this air': Farmers in Amritsar 'helpless' over stubble burning
News | Oct 14, 2020, 11:14 PM ISTGovernment is cheating farmers and playing politics over stubble, said a farmer after burning crop residue that includes stubble. The practice deteriorates air quality, every year and Punjab is once again at the epicenter of it.
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Delhi only state with no thermal power stations: Satyendar Jain on rising air pollution
News | Oct 19, 2020, 07:52 PM ISTAir quality is continuously deteriorating in the national capital with rise of pollutants.
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Delhi air quality turns 'hazardous' as stubble burning begins
News | Oct 13, 2020, 08:13 PM ISTThe Delhi air quality on Monday turned 'hazardous' at several places with the beginning of stubble burning.
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Punjab hits record of stubble burning, 2,873 cases reported from Sept-Oct
News | Oct 13, 2020, 06:10 PM ISTPunjab Remote Sensing Centre Agro-Ecosystems and Crop Modeling Head Anil Sood shared data on stubble burning in Punjab.
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'Better they take us to jail,' says Bhatinda farmer as stubble burning continues
News | Oct 12, 2020, 11:33 PM ISTFarmers of Deon village in Bhatinda on October 12 continued to burn stubble in their fields in absence of any government help to avoid burning the straw.
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Delhi's air quality remains poor
News | Oct 11, 2020, 07:00 PM ISTAir quality of national capital is again a cause of concern as winter approaches. On October 11, AQI near Akshardham temple area in New Delhi showed PM 2.5 at 124 and PM 10 at 137, unhealthy.
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Stubble burning: 'Bio-decomposer' spraying from Oct 11 in Delhi, says CM Kejriwal
India | Oct 06, 2020, 01:34 PM ISTChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Tuesday the Delhi government will start spraying "Pusa bio-decomposer" solution from October 11 to prevent stubble burning in non-basmati rice fields in the national capital.