CHANDIGARH: The amount of stubble that is burned in the states of Punjab and Haryana has decreased by 27 percent and 37 percent respectively in comparison to the previous year.There have been a total of 36,663 farm fires so far this year, according to the Union Environment Ministry. As of the previous year, there were 49,922 agricultural fires, 71,304 farm fires in 2021, and 83,002 farm fires in 2022. The Ministry of Agriculture has reported that there has been a consistent decrease in the number of occurrences of crop residue burning across the states.
Four districts in Punjab experienced a reduction in the number of fires by more than fifty percent in 2023 compared to 2022, while five districts exhibited improvements ranging from twenty-seven to fifty percent improvement. Only four days throughout this season did the number of fires exceed 2,000, according to the data.
There were 2,303 cases of stubble burning in the neighboring state of Haryana, which is a decrease from 3,661 events in the previous year, 6,987 incidents in 2021, and 4,202 incidents in 2020. This year, there were more than fifty percent fewer fires reported in three districts in the state of Haryana. An improvement of up to 37 percent was seen in five different districts.
One hundred and thirteen farm fires were reported across the state on Friday, as indicated by the data that is accessible through the Punjab Remote Sensing Centre. 7 of these occurrences were reported to have occurred in Fazilka. In the meantime, the overall number of fires that have occurred during this season has reached 36,663. The district of Sangrur, which is the home district of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, has reported the highest number of instances, with 5,618 recorded. This is followed by the districts of Ferozepur (3,398), Bathinda (2,972), Moga (2,795), Barnala (2,316), and Mansa (2,268). In the Malwa belt of the state, every single one of the maximum districts that were subjected to stubble fire this year was located.
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