New Delhi: The burning ceremony of rice residues has been reduced by 69.49% in Punjab, 18.28% in Haryana and 47.61% in eight Edtar Capital Region (NCR) Uttar Pradesh for a period of one month since September 15 compared to the period same.
Last year, according to a report based on the protocol framed by ISRO for the air quality management commission in NCR and a side by side.
The Commission has actively monitored events such as September 15 to curb air pollution during the ongoing harvest season.
It was said on Friday that in the past month, the total incidental combustion incident reported in Punjab was 1,286 by opposing 4,216 for the same period in 2020.
Similarly, the fire incident reported was 487 as against 596 in Haryana and 22 compared to 42 in eight districts.
However, there were no fire calculations reported from Delhi and two districts of NCR Rajasthan, the Commission stated.
The burning of the first rice residue was reported on September 16 in Punjab, September 28 in Haryana and September 18 in the NCR region rising.
In Punjab, the main hotspot is Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Patiala District and Ludhiana, accounts for 72% of events that burn stumps in the state.
Similarly, the main hotspots in Haryana are Karnal, Kaithal and Kurukshetra districts that accounts for 80% of the country.
The Commission said “is taking (problem) with the state of the Punjab state, Haryana and up every day to ensure strict implementation of action plans and frameworks to curb the combustion incidence of rice residues”.
It also has a series of meetings with state government officials.
“Harvesting will be at its peak in the next few weeks and the state government takes steps according to the action plan to increase the efficacy of enforcement and implementation to effectively overcome the problem of propeller propellers,” added the commission.
Of the total 1,795 sites where combustion has been reported until October 14, 663 fields have been examined by environmental enforcement and environmental compensation institutions have been enforced in 252 cases.
However, experts say the number of fires tends to rise from the end of October.
“We have been in mid-October, only one week from the Peak Stainble Burning window (late October to the beginning of November), where the count can rise to 3,000-4,000 fires a day,” said LS Kurinji, an associate program on the energy council, environment and water.
He added, “The Punjab government must ensure financial feasibility of – and timely access to plant residual management options, and start targeted outreach to trigger changes in behavior among farmers.”