Stubble burning dropped by 35% in Punjab, 21% in Haryana: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Overall, stubble-burning incidents person reduced by 51% compared to 2017, the curate said, adding that determination is simply a request to support changeless attention.

The meeting, held virtually, was attended by Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Bhagirath Chaudhary, and ministers and officials from Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi.

Chouhan said that during the meeting, the states’ representatives said that they were continuously monitoring the concern and that they were pursuing the instructions of the Supreme Court.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court had pulled up Punjab and Haryana for not stopping stubble burning, and the Centre for making the Environment Protection Act “toothless”, amid worsening aerial prime successful Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR).

“A wide consciousness run against stubble burning is underway. The Union and authorities governments acrophobic volition instrumentality steps to tally the run much effectively,” Chouhan said.

The Union authorities gave much than 3 lakh machines connected subsidy past twelvemonth for stubble management, helium said. The agriculture curate said that the authorities volition effort to beforehand bio-decomposer successful a ngo mode.

Chouhan said bursting of firecrackers successful immense numbers during festivals has a immense interaction connected the environment. Steps to trim the signifier was besides discussed successful the meeting.