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  Stubble decomposition machine trials to be carried out in all states: Prakash Javadekar

  News | October 01, 2020 17:54 IST

  A virtual meeting of Ministry of Environment was held on October 01 on issues related to air pollution and stubble burning.

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  Farmers continue burning stubble in Amritsar

  News | September 30, 2020 18:01 IST

  Farmers continue burning stubble in their fields in Amritsar of Punjab. The farmers said that they did not wish to do so but are helpless. One of the farmers said, "We are helpless.

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  Rampant stubble burning in Punjab

  News | September 26, 2020 18:57 IST

  Farmers continue burning stubble in their fields in Amritsar district of Punjab.

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  Stubble burning begins in Punjab's Amritsar

  News | September 24, 2020 18:25 IST

  Farmers began burning stubble in their fields in Amritsar, the practice which every year deteriorates air quality in Punjab and adjoining states.

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  Delhi pollution: Punjab, Haryana to bank on more machines, biomass plants to reduce stubble burning

  India | August 16, 2020 16:56 IST

  The Punjab and Haryana governments have submitted to a Supreme Court-mandated panel their action plan to check stubble burning -- a major contributor to extreme levels of air pollution that choke the national capital in winters.

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  Punjab shouldn't be blamed for Delhi's pollution: Amarinder Singh

  India | December 08, 2019 6:57 IST

  "You keep blaming Punjab for the pollution. This morning I couldn't come from Chandigarh by chopper because of the pollution in Delhi and Punjab had bright sunshine. So we are not giving any smoke from Punjab," Singh said at the 17th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.

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  Uttar Pradesh man finds shredding solution to stubble burning

  India | December 06, 2019 10:12 IST

  Ganga Ram Chauhan has invented a bicycle-based shredder machine which can crush and grind elements, including wood, leaves and crop remains into particles of less than 80 mm size. These particles can then be easily converted into compost. The machine costs only around Rs 5,000-6000, he says.  

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  UP govt seeks reply from 26 district police chiefs over incidents of stubble burning

  India | December 01, 2019 23:40 IST

  In this regard, the government has sought an answer from police chiefs of 26 districts by December 3. The state government had sent the list of incidents of stubble burning to these police chiefs from October 1 last year to November 25 this year."

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  Haryana govt claims drastic reduction in stubble burning cases

  India | November 25, 2019 23:21 IST

  As against 10,050 incidents of stubble burning last year, 6,581 incidents were recorded this year, an official statement said.

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  Get 15 bags of explosives, kill people in one go: SC slams Punjab, Haryana for stubble burning

  India | November 25, 2019 16:36 IST

  The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the Punjab and Haryana government for increase in stubble burning despite its orders.

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  Farmer arrested, 15 others fined in UP's Shamli for stubble burning

  India | November 21, 2019 11:51 IST

  Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) have been grappling with hazardous levels of air pollution since late October. Stubble burning by farmers in the neighbouring states contributes to the pollution in the national capital. 

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  Punjab sees rise in stubble burning cases

  India | November 20, 2019 16:20 IST

  As per official records, more than 900 FIRs were registered against the farmers, mostly in Muktsar Sahib and Bathinda districts, with some cases reported in the Sangrur district for burning stubble.

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  10 farmers held in Mathura for stubble burning

  India | November 20, 2019 10:11 IST

  About a dozen farmers have been arrested by police in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly burning crop residue in their farms in the last 10 days. The district administration has also imposed fines adding up to Rs 13.5 lakh on 300 farmers in the district.

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  NASA image shows stubble burning as Delhi air quality deteriorates

  India | November 20, 2019 10:56 IST

  Calm winds and low ventilation index are predicted for the next two days in Delhi and the condition is conducive for the sudden accumulation of pollutants in the air, the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) said.

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  Give Rs 2,500 per acre to Haryana farmers for not burning stubble: Hooda

  India | November 17, 2019 16:59 IST

  Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday demanded that the Haryana government give compensation of at least Rs 2,500 per acre for crop residue management to small and marginal farmers who did not burn stubble.

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  Nodal officers to ensure farmers do not burn stubble in Haryana

  India | November 12, 2019 9:17 IST

  Nodal officers have been appointed across Haryana to ensure that farmers do not burn the crop residue, according to a statement issued on Monday. The Deputy Commissioner of every district has appointed one nodal officer per village for management of stubble burning

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  Delhi AQI 'very poor' as stubble burning spikes

  India | November 11, 2019 18:38 IST

  The prognosis for the next two days is not bright with the share of stubble burning to rise to 25 per cent of Delhi's AQI coupled with a decrease in wind speed that will cause the AQI to plummet to the 'severe' category in the next two days

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  Stop stubble burning immediately: Delhi environment minister to neighbouring states

  India | November 10, 2019 17:57 IST

    Though representatives of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab attended the meeting, Gahlot was the only state minister who took part in it, according to an official in the Union Environment Ministry.  

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  Delhi's air quality 'very poor', but drastic decline unlikely till Tuesday: SAFAR

  India | November 08, 2019 17:30 IST

  After a brief relief, the national capital's air quality plunged to the "very poor" category again because of high humidity due to light rain on Thursday."Isolated drizzle, cloudy weather and calm winds prevented boundary layer growth and led to the accumulation of local emissions (on Thursday)," SAFAR said

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  NRI offers help in generating power from stubble in Punjab

  India | November 08, 2019 10:37 IST

  "Given his achievements in the solar power sector and his ability to generate energy through new methods, I was convinced that by taking advantage of Kathuria's long expertise in this field, we would be able to save the environment from the pollution and dispose the stubble in a greener way," the Minister said.