-India Today Satellite data shows significant rise in cases of farm fires in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh compared to last year. Chief ministers of Haryana and punjab have blamed each other for increasing air pollution in cities in North India and other areas by failing to control stubble burnings cases. But satellite data, gathered and analysed by India Today's data team, DIU, shows that punjab's farmers have burned 13 per cent less...
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Stubble burning: A problem for the environment, agriculture and humans -Ramesh Singh Yadav
-Down to Earth Although the actual amount of fines charged was not available; farmers continue to burn residues every season Crop residue burning in punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh has been known, but nowadays it's spreading more frequently in other parts of country. Wheat stubble burning is a relatively new issue which started with mechanised harvesting using combine harvesters. In the last four to five years, farmers from UP’s Ghazipur district, especially...
More »Air pollution: Provide Rs.100/quintal support to small, marginal farmers, SC tells punjab, Haryana, UP
-PTI The Supreme Court, which lashed out at authorities on Wednesday for failing to curb severe air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region, directed the governments of punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to provide support of Rs.100/quintal within seven days to small and marginal farmers who have not burned the stubble. Observing that “agriculture is the backbone of the country’s economy and it’s the bounden duty of the state to look after the...
More »Give the punjab farmer some time -Anju Agnihotri Chaba
-The Indian Express He will sooner or later adopt stubble burning-free technology. Imposing fines or filing FIRs is counterproductive. Jalandhar: Urban residents and the courts may fulminate, but farmers in punjab and Haryana aren’t anytime soon going to stop burning crop residue from the harvesting and threshing of paddy using combines. They may well choose to harvest paddy with combines that have Super Straw Management System (SSMS) attachments and sow the succeeding...
More »How a law passed by punjab govt in 2009 has caused the current pollution crisis in Delhi
-National Herald Until a few years ago, when farmers in punjab burnt the remnants of the rice crops in their fields in preparation for sowing wheat, the smoke from such fires was confined to punjab. The delay in burning stubble is why Delhi is enveloped in smoke today. Earlier, the smoke was confined to punjab. According to a report in The Sunday Guardian, the delay in burning stubble is due to pressure...
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