Stubble burning begins in Punjab's Amritsar

Farmers began burning stubble in their fields in Amritsar, the practice which every year deteriorates air quality in Punjab and adjoining states.

A Farmer said, "Govt should provide us 2-3 machines in every block so that we need not burn the stubble." Earlier, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) had written to chief secretaries of Punjab, Haryana to control cases of stubble burning.