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NHRC says farmers can’t be blamed for stubble burning, holds 4 state governments responsible

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NHRC said in a press release, "The State Governments have to provide harvest machines to get rid of those stubbles but they have failed to provide an adequate number of requisite machines and other measures."
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New CJI Justice Chandrachud dismisses urgent listing of petition against stubble burning saying it won’t end pollution: Here are the facts

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CJI said that the e matter of stubble burning is not judicially amendable, and therefore the court can’t take it up immediately.
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Punjab: Farmers hold a govt official hostage who had visited a village in Faridkot to inspect stubble burning, refuse to release

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Patwari Sukhdeep Singh Sodhi has been kept hostage by villagers of Jeewan Wala village in Faridkot in Punjab for inspecting stubble burning
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‘Stubble burning in Punjab has converted Delhi into gas chamber’: Delhi LG writes to Bhagwant Mann to take urgent steps to control pollution

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Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena writes to Bhagwant Mann asking him to take urgent and substantive measures to control stubble burning in Punjab
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Haryana records 30% dip in stubble-burning in one year, 55% in last six years: Read what state is doing to fight the menace

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Haryana has not only seen a considerable decline in the number of occurrences of stubble burning this year
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Netizens dig up old tweets by Arvind Kejriwal claiming he had solutions for stubble burning as he starts the blame game over pollution

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Arvind Kejriwal has been boasting that he has found solutions to stubble burning, even as Delhi's air quality worsens.
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Air pollution worsens in Delhi with increasing stubble burning, demand to shut down schools grows as average AQI nears 500

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People in Delhi complain of respiratory illness due to air pollution as AQI plunges to 'severe' and ‘hazardous’ categories
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Farmers in other parts of India don’t burn stubble at this scale, read why Punjab parali is choking Delhi

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Stubble burning incidents are rooted in a decision taken by state governments to discourage farmers from using ground water
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As AAP blames the Centre for pollution, here is how Kejriwal cannot escape the responsibilities

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Contrary to allegations by AAP, Centre's panel on pollution said Punjab Government failed to deploy measures to control stubble burning in state.
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BJP leader Kapil Mishra recreates Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ song to highlight pollution in Delhi due to a ‘useless CM’. Listen to the song

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In a tweet, Mishra exposes the apathy of Delhi government as well as Punjab government to control the stubble burning fires which lead to intense pollution over the northern India, particularly the national capital region.
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