51% cut in stubble burning this season against corresponding period last year: Air quality panel

Incidents of stubble burning have come down by over 51 per cent this season so far compared to the corresponding period last year, according to the Centre's Commission for Air Quality Management. The panel said enforcement agencies have inspected 8,575 sites across threee states and an environmental compensation of around Rs 58 lakh has been imposed for crop residue burning.

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