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Punjab flags 663 villages as hotspots of stubble burning
Hindustan Times Delhi
|September 20, 2025
The Punjab government has flagged 663 villages across eight districts of Punjab as hotspots of stubble burning based on data over the past three years, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) said on Friday, marking fresh efforts to tamp down on a practice that contributes to the toxic haze that envelopes Delhi every winter.
The eight districts — Sangrur, Ferozepur, Bathinda, Moga, Barnala, Mansa, Tarn Taran and Faridkot — recorded 6,815 farm fires in 2024, roughly two-thirds of the 10,909 cases reported last year from September 15 to November 30. The 663 villages were those where more than 75% of the area of the habitation saw stubble burning over the past three years, according to an action plan submitted by the state government to the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM).
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