Authorities have registered 1,442 FIRs and imposed environmental fines of Rs 7.28 crore as harvesting nears completion.
Punjab recorded 4,657 instances of stubble burning across the state until November 9, 2026, according to a Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) report, as reported by The Times of India.
Police have filed 1,442 FIRs in connection with these incidents. Environmental fines totalling Rs 7.285 crore have been imposed, with Rs 3.36 crore recovered so far.
Administrative and monitoring teams have inspected 3,845 field fires, confirming physical evidence of burning at 1,675 locations. Harvesting is now complete on 93.70 per cent of the state's 32.87 lakh hectares of paddy-cultivated land.
Tarn Taran reported the highest number of incidents at 659, followed by Ferozepur with 621. Sangrur and Bathinda recorded 508 and 412 incidents respectively.
In Patiala, 299 incidents were recorded, resulting in 86 FIRs and Rs 43.50 lakh in environmental fines. Of those fines, Rs 15 lakh has been recovered, while 35 cases received official adverse records and 185 warning notices were issued.
The PPCB stated that monitoring and legal actions are continuing across the state. The ongoing occurrence of these fires remains a challenge for the administration's enforcement and management system.
