Chandigarh, (PTI) Punjab Tuesday reported more than 1,500 stubble burning incidents while many parts in Haryana saw air quality indices in the ‘severe’ and ‘very poor’ categories.
The total number of farm fires increased to 20,978 with 1,515 such cases being reported on Tuesday, according to Ludhiana-based Punjab Remote Sensing Centre data.
Out of 1,515 stubble burning incidents reported on Tuesday, Sangrur continued to top with 397 such cases, followed by 147 in Barnala, 137 in Mansa, 129 in Bathinda, 97 in Ferozepur, 93 in Moga and 86 in Ludhiana.
