The recent determine of farm fires in Punjab was a lot decrease than what the state was witnessing a number of days in the past.
Punjab on Saturday reported 104 farm fires, taking the whole variety of stubble-burning incidents to 23,730 whereas air quality indices in Haryana and the border state had been in ‘passable’ and ‘average’ classes. The recent determine of farm fires in Punjab was a lot decrease than what the state was witnessing a number of days in the past.
Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is taken into account one of many causes behind the alarming spike in air air pollution ranges in Delhi in October and November. Only six instances of stubble burning had been reported in Punjab on Friday as rains lashed many components of the state.
Out of 105 stubble-burning incidents reported on Saturday, crop residue burning was seen in solely 10 districts in Punjab. Sangrur district topped with 43 instances, adopted by 22 in Mansa, 13 in Fazilka, eight in Fatehgarh Sahib, 4 every in Ludhiana and Muktsar, three every in Malerkotla, Patiala and Bathinda and one in Ferozepur, in accordance with Ludhiana-based Punjab Remote Sensing Centre knowledge.
On the identical day in 2021 and 2022, the state had seen 4,156 and three,916 fires respectively. Out of a complete of 23,730 farm fires recorded from September 15 until November 11, Sangrur is main with most stubble burning instances of 4,249, adopted by 2,260 in Ferozepur, 1,908 in Tarn Taran, 1,837 in Mansa, 1,556 in Patiala and 1,459 in Amritsar.
The whole variety of 23,730 farm fires this season was 42 per cent lower than the 40,677 registered within the corresponding interval of final yr, as per the information. The state had reported 47,409 farm fires throughout the identical interval in 2021. Meanwhile, there was an enchancment in air quality in Haryana and Punjab as each states have been seeing AQI in ‘very poor’ and ‘extreme’ classes.
Haryana’s Gurugram reported an air quality index (AQI) of 198, adopted by 167 in Faridabad, 124 in Panipat, 109 in Bhiwani, 88 in Sonipat, 81 in Kaithal, 73 in Rohtak, 70 every in Sirsa and Jind and 68 in Fatehabad. In Punjab, Mandi Gobindgarh reported AQI at 147, adopted by 111 in Amritsar, 60 in Bathinda, 55 in Jalandhar, 45 in Ludhiana and 49 in Khanna.
Union Territory Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, noticed an AQI of 110. An AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘passable’, 101 and 200 ‘average’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘extreme’.
