Punjab Stubble burning News

The Supreme Court has shown great strictness regarding pollution in Delhi. In this case, the Supreme Court had reprimanded the governments of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, UP and Delhi. Answers were sought from these states especially regarding the efforts to control pollution. A status report was given in the Supreme Court regarding the stubble of the Central Government. In this, there was a mention of the incidents of stubble burning in Haryana and Punjab and the steps taken to stop stubble burning in these two states.

Due to stubble burning in Punjab, air pollution in Delhi NCR has increased beyond the limits. Despite all the claims, no work has been done on it so far. But politics has started once again

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.

Agricultural Minister Kuldeep Singh said that only 700 incidents of stubble burning have been reported this year as compared to over 2,500 incidents during the same time in previous years. AAP minister also said that the government is trying hard to appeal the farmers against stubble burning

Strict action will be taken against those violating stubble-burning laws Government officials hailing from the agricultural background will have to sign undertaking Firearms licenses shall be cancelled against the violators

Watch this video and know why a farmer in Punjab is compelled to burn stubble in spite of such problems of pollution.

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.

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.

Justice Mishra warned of consequences for those violating rules and regulations. "Nobody will be spared if found violating rules and regulations," said Justice Mishra. He added that everyone knew that the stubble burning would happen this year too then why was the government not ready in advance. "Why were the machines not provided? It seems no steps were taken throughout the year," added Justice Mishra.