One day before Diwali, Delhi woke up as “very poor” air qualityFriday morning, showing a marginal increase in the 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) from the previous day. On Friday morning the AQI is 328 while on Thursday the AQI was 314. The capital’s AQI was “severe” for six …
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Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) remained in the “poor” category, and the contribution of stubble fumes to the city’s PM 2.5 (fine particulate matter and respirable pollutants) load doubled to 22% Saturday from 11% of the day before.according to the Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi under the earth …
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New Delhi / Karnal / Chandigarh: This year, stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana has not decreased mainly due to the reluctance of the local administration to act against violators due to continued protests by farmers in the two states. The result: Delhi and its neighboring areas are grappling with …
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On Friday, the Supreme Court formed a one-member committee headed by one of its former judges, Judge Madan B Lokur, to carry out physical surveillance of agricultural fires in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh that cause pollution. air traffic in Delhi and the national capital region. (NCR) and submit …
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Written by Shivam Patel, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 8, 2020 1:42:45 pm A worker burns wheat stubble in his field in Ludhiana. (Express photo: Gurmeet Singh) The rice stubble burning season is here, and satellite remote sensing data from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute …
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Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: October 8, 2020 1:43:44 pm The first six days of October saw five times the number of stubble burning incidents in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh than in the corresponding period last year, official data shows. (Representative image) The first six …
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Farmers in Punjab, particularly in the Majha region, which comprises Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran districts, began burning rice residues earlier this year to prepare fields for planting vegetables. Agriculture department officials said potatoes and peas are grown on a significant portion of the arable land in these regions. Farmers …
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