At 1,251 farm fires, Punjab reports season’s highest single-day count

This year’s stubble burning numbers bespeak a important betterment compared to erstwhile seasons.

From September 15 till November 18 past year, the authorities had recorded 33,719 fires, portion 48,489 cases were reported successful the aforesaid play successful 2022. this year’s numbers correspond a crisp 71 per cent dip — highlighting “better management” efforts.

Stubble burning cases person been reported successful Punjab since September 15, with 50% of the cases recorded successful the past 13 days alone. This surge is owed to the approaching extremity of the wheat sowing season, with farmers successful a hurry to wide their fields.

Stubble burning remained nether power until precocious October, with regular incidents beneath 100 until October 25. However, aft that date, regular cases steadily rose, fluctuating betwixt 200 and 300, barring a fewer days erstwhile the number exceeded 300. On November 13, a full of 509 cases were recorded, portion 404 fires were reported connected November 17.

Sangrur with 1,647 workplace fires and Ferozepur with 1,189 pb successful burning paddy stubble. Pathankot has recorded lone 2 fires, followed by Rupnagar (10), Hoshiarpur (22), and SBS Nagar (30). Mohali has reported 40 fires.

The authorities government’s accent connected promoting in-situ and ex-situ absorption techniques, subsidies connected stubble absorption equipment, and consciousness campaigns person contributed to the simplification successful workplace occurrence incidents, said agriculture section officials.’

However, farmers mention precocious costs of stubble absorption machinery, constricted entree to equipment, and the abbreviated sowing model for wheat arsenic challenges that inactive compel them to pain paddy residue.

Punjab recorded a full of 36,663 workplace occurrence cases successful 2023, registering a 26 per cent driblet arsenic compared to the erstwhile year, the information showed.