Toxic smog blanketed northern India on Thursday, becoming too thick to see through in several places, as high levels of pollution combined with humidity, low wind ...
Farmers say they spend Rs 4,000 per acre on stubble management. In 2019, SC had ordered Rs 100 per quintal for non-basmati farmers who don't burn stubble, but farmers yet to see payment.
“When the time between harvesting and sowing is minimal, expecting farmers to clear fields without straw burning ... to reduce the ecological burden caused by wheat and paddy cultivation.