The Environment Ministry said active paddy residue burning cases in Punjab, Haryana and the eight NCR districts of Uttar Pradesh had “come down significantly” this year and fewer fire counts were reported in 2021 as compared to last year.
As many as “1,795 fire counts were reported in the past one month as compared to 4,854 instances in the corresponding period in 2020,” officials said, adding that Punjab had reported substantial reduction.
As per the report based on the protocol framed by ISRO for the Commission, paddy residue burning events have been reduced by 69.49 per cent in Punjab, by 18.28 per cent in Haryana and by 47.61 per cent in the eight NCR districts of Uttar Pradesh during the one-month period compared to the same period last year, they added.
During the one-month period of the current year, the total reported residue burning events in Punjab are 1,286 as against 4,216 for the same period last year.