Punjab on Thursday witnessed 2,666 farm fire incidents with Sangrur district seeing maximum crop residue burning cases.
With the fresh number of farm fires, the cumulative farm fire cases during September 15 till November 3, rose to 24,146, according to the Ludhiana-based Punjab Remote Sensing Centre data.
The state had reported 39,178 and 20,433 crop residue incidents during the same period in 2020 and 2021 respectively.
Out of total 2,666 farm fire incidents on Thursday, Sangrur topped the districts with maximum 452 farm fires, followed by 336 in Bathinda, 269 in Ferozepur, 254 in Barnala, 205 in Mansa, 180 in Moga and 168 in Patiala.
The state had reported 2,413 and 2,512 active fire incidents on November 3 in 2020 and 2021 respectively, as per the data.
Currently, the districts in Malwa region are reporting a rising number of stubble burning incidents.
The farmers continued to set crop residue on fire in order to clear fields for sowing the next crop--wheat and ...
