Stubble Burning Subject: A number of incidents of stubble burning surfaced in components of Haryana and Punjab regardless of the criticism by the Supreme Court docket in opposition to each state governments for his or her failure to take acceptable motion to resolve the problem. On Friday, incidents of stubble burning had been seen in Kaithal district and within the Karnal-Jind highway space.
Stubble burning was additionally seen at Hardo Putli village of Amritsar and in Handiaya village of Barnala, Punjab. The difficulty of the rise in air air pollution contributed by stubble burning. It’s the apply of burning crop residues on farm fields, resulting in large emissions of smoke thought-about very hazardous for air high quality.
Final month, the apex court docket criticized the Haryana and Punjab governments for failure to take motion in opposition to stubble burning within the states and stated it’s a basic proper of all residents to reside in a clear and pollution-free atmosphere.
A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, and Augustine George Masih additionally took robust exception to the Punjab and Haryana governments for not taking motion in opposition to people for stubble burning, and solely nominal fines had been being collected in some instances.
The bench acknowledged that if the Punjab and Haryana governments had been genuinely taken with imposing the legislation, there would have been not less than one prosecution. The highest court docket was listening to a case referring to air air pollution within the metropolis.
The Supreme Court docket Posting the air air pollution matter after Diwali, the highest court docket stated it should look into problems with air pollution created by transport in Delhi, Delhi and peripheral industries, entries of heavy vehicles, and open rubbish burning.
In the meantime, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini introduced that the Haryana authorities has been offering Rs 1,000 per acre to farmers who keep away from burning stubble, addressing considerations over the deteriorating air high quality within the Delhi-NCR area.
“Our authorities is giving Rs 1,000 per acre for not burning stubble, and we’re working to extend this quantity additional. I additionally instructed officers in a latest assembly that if there’s a want to lift the subsidy, they need to accomplish that and supply the required tools to the farmers,” he stated.
Saini additional acknowledged that numerous amenities have been made obtainable to farmers for efficient stubble administration, highlighting that the Supreme Court docket had beforehand acknowledged the state’s efforts on this regard. On October 21, Punjab farmers urged the federal government to discover a everlasting resolution for stubble burning, claiming that burning the stubble is their compulsion.
(With ANI Inputs)
