Punjab reports 4,000 stubble burning cases in a single day

BATHINDA: With close to 4,000 crop residue burning cases reported in Punjab on Saturday, the state’s total count for stubble fire cases reached 32,734 for the ongoing paddy harvesting season.
In all, 3,942 stubble burning cases were recorded on Saturday. On this day in 2019, 4,741 were reported from across the state. The figure was 3,858 in 2020.
Till November 6 in 2019, the state had recorded 42,794 burning cases. In the same time period in 2020, a total of 52,980 straw burning cases were recorded.
On Saturday, there were 608 cases in Sangrur, 422 in Moga, 398 in Ludhiana, 351 in Barnala, 274 in Ferozepur, 266 in Patiala, 252 in Bathinda, and 202 in Faridkot.
Overall, Tarn Taran has recorded 3,229 burning events this year. It is followed by 3,047 in Ferozepur, 2,880 in Sangrur, 2,460 in Ludhiana, 2,292 in Patiala, 2,139 in Moga, and 2081 in Barnala. Pathankot has recorded only four cases so far. It has to be mentioned that very few stubble burning cases were reported in the state till diwali, but as experts had predicted, it picked up pace right after the festival.