Weather analysts fear that the air pollution situation may worsen as wind patterns are likely to change in the next few days
On November 22, 25 active monitoring stations of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and the Central Pollution Control Board recorded "severe plus" or "emergency" Air Quality Index...
The National Green Tribunal’s suggestion of using crop residue in power plants instead of burning comes after stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana resulted in severely...
Increase in stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana may affect Delhi’s air quality as Delhi is set to receive north-westerly winds from Punjab and Haryana
According to Punjab state’s agriculture department, about 29.26 lakh acre of land was under rice cultivation this year and Punjab produced over 182 lakh metric tonnes...
The High Court also said that there’s no clarity on how the Centre and states planned to prevent stubble burning in future
As Delhi chokes under a thick blanket of smog, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal meets Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to discuss the issue and...
Dwelling on the need to include further measures that can bring immediate relief during future smog episodes, the EPCA observed that stubble burning is a contributory...
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar questioned the Delhi government on steps that have been taken to stop crop burning by 40,000 families that cultivate around Delhi
The Delhi CM has been seeking a meeting with his counterparts from Haryana and Punjab over the last few days to find a solution to stubble...
The National Green Tribunal pointed out that despite its orders, neither have construction activities stopped in NCR, nor crop burning in neighbouring states
Union Agriculture Ministry directed the states to use the funds of ₹4,000 per hectare available under the Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation to provide straw management machinery...
A number of farmers, who have been sowing wheat without paddy straw burning, participated in the meeting and shared their experiences and informed that straw management...
Vehicular emissions, construction dust and waste burning are the primary culprits why Delhi is reeling under severe air pollution
The satellite images from NASA's FIRMS web Fire Mapper showed a slight hike in the stubble burning in neighbouring Punjab and Haryana, where farmers are trying...