Bathinda: With 379 crop residue burning cases reported in Punjab on Saturday, the total for the season has now risen to 3,916.
Previously, 484 cases were reported in the state on Oct 31, followed by 587 on Nov 1, marking the season’s highest totals till then.


Sangrur and Ferozepur districts continue to report the maximum number of cases, 66 and 50, respectively, for the fourth consecutive day. Of the total 23 districts, 22 reported burning cases on Saturday, while Pathankot reported zero cases.
Amritsar, at present, tops in Punjab with 596 farm fires, followed by 548 in the adjoining district of Tarn Taran.
Against 379 cases in the ongoing season on Nov 2, 3,634 and 1,668 cases were detected on the corresponding day in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Also, against 3,916 cases in the ongoing season till Nov 2, 21,480 and 11,262 cases were detected during the cooresponding period in 2022 and 2023, respectively.
Acting against violators, the authorities imposed Rs 6.33 lakh environmental compensation on Saturday, taking the total to Rs 33.20 lakh in 1,257 cases till Oct 31. Action was taken in 241 cases, resulting in recoveries of Rs 31.15 lakh, with Rs 5.88 lakh collected on Saturday alone. As many as 246 red entries were marked, taking the count to 1,256 and 38 FIRs were registered under Section 223 of the BNS, with the total now 1,626. In addition, action has been taken in 41 cases uunder sections 126 and 170 of the BNSS and environmental compensation has been imposed in 16 cases for no Super Straw Management System (SMS) on combine harvesters.
As per the Consortium for Research on Agroecosystem Monitoring and Modeling from Space, apart from 3,916 burning events in Punjab till Nov 2. In comparison, Madhya Pradesh recorded 2,302 cases, Uttar Pradesh had 1,272, Rajasthan saw 1,036, Haryana recorded 839, and Delhi reported 12 cases. In all, 861 stubble burning cases were reported on Saturday, taking the total count to 9,377 in six states till Nov 2 in the ongoing season.