That time of the Air: 1,200 farm fires in Punjab in 2 weeks

The fields are on fire again. Over 1,200 cases of farm fires have already been recorded in Punjab. And it's just the beginning as it's been only two weeks since the paddy harvest started from September 21. The number is almost five-time the 264 cases recorded during the kharif harvest of 2019 in the corresponding time period, the Hindustan Times has reported. The Punjab Pollution Control Board while downplaying the rise saying it's too early to know the trend, has fined over 350 farmers to the tune of 9.5 lakh for burning their stubble. Farm fires in Punjab and Haryana are one of the major contributors to pollution in Delhi.