Punjab Vows to Halve Farm Fires from 2022, Submits Action Plan before Paddy Harvest Season
With harvesting season set to begin soon, the AAP-led Punjab government has planned to eliminate farm fires in six districts: Hoshiarpur, Malerkotla, Pathankot, Rupnagar, SAS Nagar (Mohali), and SBS Nagar. The state has around 31 lakh hectares of area under paddy and generates about 20 million tonnes (MT) of paddy straw every year
