‘Not crackers, stubble burning to blame for Delhi’s toxic air’, NASA’s live fire pictures uncover truth

New Delhi: Stubble burning continued in Punjab on Monday amid ‘severe’ Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi. With emissions from stubble burning contributing to a 36 per cent share of the pollution in Delhi on Saturday, the national capital’s Air Quality Index (AQI) remaining in the “severe category” for the second consecutive day.

As per the Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) model the share of stubble emissions has peaked at 36 per cent. In the last 24 hours, the PM2.5 level is higher as compared to 2020 but much less than that in 2018. However, it may be noted that local winds have picked up since morning and now the fast dispersion is expected.

On Saturday, Punjab recorded nearly 4,000 cases of stubble burning incidents. With these incidents, the total tally of stubble burning cases in Punjab reached 32,734.

NASA live fire pics holds stubble burning responsible for toxic air in Delhi

A live fire picture of space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) uncovers the truth behind the increasing air pollution in the national capital, holding stubble burning responsible for it over fire crackers on Diwali.

Punjab farmers demand Rs 7,000 per acre compensation to stop stubble burning

Farmers have said that they are burning the stubble out of helplessness and asked the state government to pay compensation to them to stop the burning of stubble in their fields. They have also alleged that propaganda is being run against the farmers.

“We are burning stubble because we are helpless. The government should provide compensation of Rs 7000 per acre to stop this practice but it has not provided us with that. The prices of diesel are also rising and have touched Rs 100. How are we supposed to carry on with our agriculture in such a situation? It leaves us with no choice but to burn stubble,” said a farmer named Darshan while talking to ANI.