EPCA Chief Notifies Punjab, Haryana to Urgently Act Upon Crop Burning
Environmental Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority has sent notice to Punjab and Haryana government to urgently act upon the early stubble burning. Chief Bhure Lal stated that SAFAR (an air quality monitoring system) reported around 42 crop-residue fires on September 21. He urged the state secretaries to set up control rooms and make arrangements of machineries for safe disposal of stubble.