It is that time of the year again when Delhi gets covered in smog and political parties get busy in blaming each other for Delhi’s condition. Visuals of stubble burning from the neighbouring state of Punjab has prompted many to blame the farmers, meanwhile, the government is shielding itself from the blame by listing the … Read more
Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana contributed 6 per cent to the air pollution in Delhi-NCR on Thursday, data put out by the central government’s SAFAR website show. A day earlier, this share was just 1 per cent, and had been 3 per cent each on the previous three days. The increase on Thursday coincided … Read more
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday claimed that his statement on stubble burning being a minor contributor to Delhi’s air pollution has been misinterpreted by a section of the media. Earlier in the day, the Union minister had said that only 4 per cent of pollution in Delhi-NCR is due to crop residue burning … Read more
With air quality worsening in Northern India, including the National Capital Region (NCR), Punjab is in the eye of a storm with a rising number of stubble burning cases. Punjab produces nearly 20 million tons of paddy stubble every year out of which 93 per cent is usually consigned to the flames. The state government … Read more
The Delhi air quality on Monday turned ‘hazardous’ at several places with the beginning of stubble burning. According to Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) data, Air Quality Index was recorded at 275 in Anand Vihar, at 263 in Rohini, at 275 in ITO, and 229 in Nehru Nagar; all four in ‘poor’ category on Monday. … Read more