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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | How a potent mix of water crisis, mechanisation & climate change stoke stubble burning & pollution -Angana Chakrabarti & Aniruddha Ghosal

How a potent mix of water crisis, mechanisation & climate change stoke stubble burning & pollution -Angana Chakrabarti & Aniruddha Ghosal

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published Published on Nov 6, 2019   modified Modified on Nov 6, 2019
-News18.com

As the capital chokes in a toxic haze that was described by the Supreme Court on Monday as “worse than the Emergency”, and politicians across parties blame each other, experts point out that the 2009 Punjab Preservation of Subsoil Water Act changed the “timing of the burning”.

New Delhi:
Behind the burning of crop waste, or stubble, that poisons Delhi’s already-polluted air, is a story of changing agricultural practices, a crippling water crisis, and unintended consequences.

As Delhi chokes in a toxic haze that was described by the Supreme Court on Monday as “worse than the Emergency”, and politicians across parties blame each other, experts point out that the 2009 Punjab Preservation of Subsoil Water Act changed the “timing of the burning”. An official of the Punjab government told News18, “The Act was one that had to be implemented due to the water crisis the state was facing. But while it helped with its aim of preserving water, it had a series of unintended consequences and compounded some existing problems.”

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News18.com, 5 November, 2019, https://www.news18.com/news/india/how-a-potent-mix-of-water-crisis-mechanisation-climate-change-stoke-stubble-burning-delhi-pollution-2374721.html


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