Bathinda : Punjab recorded 345 farm fire cases on Tuesday, taking the count to 5,002. Madhya Pradesh further narrowed the gap with 376 farm fires on Nov 10, while Rajasthan recorded 64 cases. With the surge in farm fire cases in Punjab, the state stood out at 52.14% out of the total farm fire cases recorded till the day in 7 states.




Six districts from Punjab have been reported in the 10 most disturbed districts across the states. Tarn Taran district continued to remain at the top of the chart with 676 stubble burning cases out of 172 districts spread across 7 states, with Ferozepur following it with 654 cases and Sangrur with 566, taking the first three positions, followed by 505 in Sheopur in Madhya Pradesh. Bathinda and Patiala were recorded at fifth and sixth spots respectively with 439 and 339 cases. Bundi and Baran districts of Rajasthan, with respectively 339 and 325 cases, got the next positions. Barnala reached the tenth spot with 280 farm fire cases. Sangrur, Bathinda and Barnala districts have recorded a considerable number of cases in the last five days.




With the spurt in farm fire cases, the penal action too has been put into high gear as 938 FIRs have been registered u/s 223 BNS (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) with 307 FIRs in Tarn Taran, 98 in Ferozepur, 94 in Patiala, 82 in Malerkotla, 80 in Sangrur, 48 in Gurdaspur, 44 in Jalandhar, 30 in Kapurthala, 28 in Amritsar, 21 each in Faridkot and Fazilka, 19 in Bathinda, 18 in Ludhiana, 15 in Mansa, 12 in Moga, 8 in Fatehgarh Sahib, 7 in Muktsar, 4 in Hoshiarpur, and 1 each in Rupnagar and SAS Nagar. Red entries have been made in the land record in 1,150 cases, including 310 in Tarn Taran, 192 in Ferozepur, 93 in Amritsar, 80 in Sangrur, 71 in Barnala, 68 in Ludhiana, 49 in Jalandhar, 48 each in Gurdaspur and Kapurthala, 35 in Patiala, 29 in Fazilka, 28 in Malerkotla, 23 in Faridkot, 19 in Bathinda, 15 each in Moga and Mansa, 12 each in Muktsar and Fatehgarh Sahib, and 1 each in Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar and SBS Nagar. Environmental compensation (EC) of Rs 72.85 lakh has been imposed in 1,442 cases and the EC of Rs 33.60 lakh has been realised. Warning/show- cause notices have been issued to 1,173 nodal/supervisory officers.




As per Consortium for research on agroecosystem monitoring and modeling from space (CREAMS), the stubble burning so far has been reported from 172 districts, with all 23 districts in Punjab.




Crop residue burning cases on Nov 10




MP: 376




Punjab: 345




UP: 119




Rajasthan: 64




Haryana: 14




Uttrakhand: 9




Total: 927




Crop residue burning cases till Nov 10




Punjab: 5,002




MP: 2,145




Rajasthan: 1,335




UP: 689




Uttrakhand: 213




Haryana: 206




Delhi: 2




Total: 9,592