Delhi's Environment Minister Gopal Rai on November 24 said that stubble burning in Haryana and Punjab over last 15 days played a major role in poisoning Delhi's air.
National 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.
The 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.
Government 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.
Air quality is continuously deteriorating in the national capital with rise of pollutants.
The Delhi air quality on Monday turned 'hazardous' at several places with the beginning of stubble burning.
Punjab Remote Sensing Centre Agro-Ecosystems and Crop Modeling Head Anil Sood shared data on stubble burning in Punjab.
Farmers 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.
Air 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.
A virtual meeting of Ministry of Environment was held on October 01 on issues related to air pollution and stubble burning.
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.
Farmers continue burning stubble in their fields in Amritsar district of Punjab.
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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