Haryana stubble burning News
Furthermore, a “red entry” will be recorded in their farm records, which will not allow them to sell their crops through the e-Kharid portal for the next two seasons.
CM Manohar Lal Khattar said that Haryana created awareness among the farmers and took legal action when needed, it also imposed penalties and registered FIRs. This led to a decline in incidents of stubble burning in the state as compared to Punjab.
Stubble burning is one of the main reasons behind the massive pollution in north India, particularly over the Delhi-NCR area and the Supreme Court of India on Monday pulled up Punjab and Haryana governments over their failure to stop the practice.
Expressing concern over stubble burning, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said that those farmers who will not be burning their stubbles will get help from the government.
The Prime Minister had taken a review meeting on Tuesday on air pollution in the northern states. Stubble burning by farmers in these three states, especially Punjab, has been identified as a major cause of air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region.
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