Hyderabad:Lakhs of tonnes of toxic carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, sulphur dioxide, potassium and particulate matter in the form of soot are being added to the air over Telangana ...

On the day when Delhi AQI touched 1500 in the morning, Punjab witnessed the highest number of stubble-burning incidents of this season on Monday, with over 1000 fresh farm fires reported in a ...

As the air quality in the national capital was reported to be in 'very poor' category with a thin layer of smog, the stubble burning continued in parts of Punjab on Thursday. Incidents of stubble ...

Till a few decades ago, crop residue, including stubble, was used as dry fodder for livestock, as fuel for the kitchen or incorporated in-situ i.e., on site in soil. It was not burnt, at least not ...

Hyderabad:There are several reasons why farmers in Telangana are increasingly resorting to setting fire to paddy and cotton stubble. The primary reason appears to be the cost, time and effort ...

The number of stubble burning incidents this year was 35% lower in Punjab and 21% lower in Haryana in comparison to 2023, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Saturday (October ...

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Madhya Pradesh has recently earned an unenviable distinction - it tops the nation in crop-residue (stubble) burning. This worrying trend is a growing concern for air quality and environmental health.

According to data, updated till Nov 19,2024, UP has recorded 3,308 incidents of stubble burning this year as compared to 2,649 incidents reported in the corresponding span of time, last year.

As severe air pollution choked the national capital, Punjab on Monday reported 1,250 cases of stubble burning. This marks the season's highest stubble-burning count in a single day. With this ...

Delhi’s pollution, compounded by high humidity and low temperatures, traditionally worsens each winter. The situation has deteriorated further in the last decade due to the practice of stubble burning ...

Studies tell how massive this is, as the thermal power plants in NCR alone account for 281 kilotons of SO2 emission per year, while stubble burning accounts for a minuscule 17.8 kilotons.