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A workplace idiosyncratic burns stubble aft harvesting of paddy harvest astatine a colony adjacent Patiala. (PTI Photo)
Heightening concerns up of the onset of wintertime successful Delhi, the Commission for Air Quality Management successful NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) has informed the Supreme Court that paddy stubble burning cases successful Punjab from September 15 to September 25 was 11 times much than what it was during the aforesaid 10-day play past year, and 5 times much successful Haryana arsenic against the corresponding play of the erstwhile year.
According to information provided Thursday by the Commission – it held an exigency reappraisal gathering Thursday to instrumentality banal of the “alarmingly precocious incidences” of paddy stubble burning successful Punjab and Haryana — a full of 93 cases were recorded successful Punjab, arsenic against conscionable 8 during the aforesaid play successful 2023; and 70 cases successful Haryana, arsenic against 13 successful 2023.
On Friday, the Supreme Court seat of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih said, “We are of the presumption that though the Commission has taken definite steps, the Commission needs to beryllium much active. The Commission indispensable guarantee that its efforts and directions issued really construe into reducing the occupation of pollution.”
The Commission has narrowed down 3 districts with the highest occurrence counts successful the 2 states. The districts with the highest occurrence counts successful Punjab are Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran; successful Haryana, it is Karnal, Kurukshetra and Yamuna Nagar.
Of the 93 cases successful Punjab, Amritsar unsocial accounted for 58. In Haryana, Karnal territory reported 31 retired of the full 70 cases.
At the exigency reappraisal meeting, the authorities governments and the Deputy Commissioners of the districts with the highest occurrence counts truthful acold this twelvemonth were alerted.
According to the Commission, it was emphasised that the nodal and supervisory officers for assorted villages oregon blocks request to beryllium made accountable. In the aftermath of the spike observed, the Commission, successful a missive Wednesday, directed the Chief Secretaries of Punjab and Haryana to taxable a elaborate enactment taken report, and a peculiar study successful respect of Amritsar and Karnal districts by Saturday.
“Taking a peculiar enactment of the alarmingly precocious incidences reported from the districts of Amritsar and Karnal successful Punjab and Haryana respectively, arsenic compared to the corresponding play of past year, the Commission has besides sought a peculiar study connected these 2 districts wrong 3 days,” the Commission stated successful a study submitted to the Supreme Court.
The precocious incidences of stubble burning successful the neighbouring states of Delhi, particularly Punjab and Haryana, person been a origin of interest for years owing to the adverse aerial prime script it leads to successful the wintertime months (October to February).
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