Punjab records highest single-day farm fire count of the season
Farm fire incidents in Punjab surged from 98 to 584 on Tuesday, marking a six-fold increase in one day.
Punjab recorded 584 farm fire incidents on Tuesday, a nearly six-fold increase from the 98 cases reported a day earlier, according to The Times of India. This represents the highest single-day count during the current paddy-harvesting season.
The state's cumulative tally has reached 2,196 cases, which is more than half of the 4,333 cases reported across seven states until November 3. Punjab accounted for 73 per cent of the 798 incidents reported across six states on Tuesday.
In the past six days, Punjab has recorded 1,383 incidents, making up 63 per cent of its total for the season. Other states reported 100 farm fires in Rajasthan, 94 in Madhya Pradesh, 10 in Uttar Pradesh, eight in Haryana and two in Uttarakhand on Tuesday.
Tarn Taran is the worst-affected district in Punjab with 545 incidents, followed by Ferozepur with 305 and Amritsar with 198. Among the 161 districts across seven states, Tarn Taran is the most affected, while Ferozepur is second and Amritsar is fifth.
The Punjab Police have registered 423 FIRs under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for disobedience of orders. Tarn Taran recorded 258 FIRs, while Ferozepur had 49, Amritsar 26, Jalandhar 21, Gurdaspur 20 and Kapurthala 19.
Environmental compensation of Rs 29.1 lakh has been imposed in 573 cases, with Rs 19 lakh already paid. Red entries have been made in land records in 472 cases, and warning and show-cause notices were issued to 572 nodal and supervisory officers.