Bathinda: In Punjab, along with the pace of harvesting of paddy, incidents of stubble burning have also started. On Thursday, 229 stubble burning cases were reported, which is the highest ever in the current season. Punjab Remote Sensing Center. Earlier on October 10, 150 cases were registered.
The count has increased to 1,286 this year with 229 cases. 57% incidents have been registered in border districts so far my, Amritsar And tarn taran – 737 out of total cases of burning of remains. Amritsar recorded the maximum 423, followed by neighboring Tarn Taran district with 314 burning cases.
With almost a month in the crop residue burning, it has already surpassed the 2019 stubble burning cases, which stood at 1,077 on October 14, but still lags behind the burning cases in the previous year which stood at 3,527 on October 14 .
The first case of stubble burning was registered on 16 September. The process of stubble burning normally starts from mid-October and lasts for a month till mid-November, said an agriculture department official on condition of anonymity.
Overall, 76,590 crop residue burning cases were reported in 2020, second only to 81,042 crop residue burning cases reported in 2016.
The count has increased to 1,286 this year with 229 cases. 57% incidents have been registered in border districts so far my, Amritsar And tarn taran – 737 out of total cases of burning of remains. Amritsar recorded the maximum 423, followed by neighboring Tarn Taran district with 314 burning cases.
With almost a month in the crop residue burning, it has already surpassed the 2019 stubble burning cases, which stood at 1,077 on October 14, but still lags behind the burning cases in the previous year which stood at 3,527 on October 14 .
The first case of stubble burning was registered on 16 September. The process of stubble burning normally starts from mid-October and lasts for a month till mid-November, said an agriculture department official on condition of anonymity.
Overall, 76,590 crop residue burning cases were reported in 2020, second only to 81,042 crop residue burning cases reported in 2016.
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