In 2024, Pandjab reported about 70% of the farm incidents than in 2023, but the total burns (burned) expanded these fires year -on -year, which led to data accuracy issues.
Data on the satellite aggregation from the Pandjab remote survey (PRSC) and the Council for Control in Pandjab (PPCB) showed that in 2024 there were 10,909 agricultural fire incidents against 36,663 incidents in 2023, a 70% decline. However, in 2024 of 19.14 Lakh hectares in 2023, the area below the “burning of the remnants for the Paddy” (burned area) increased to 19.17 Lakh hectares for 2023 and 2024 ‘for 20 to 30 November.
Paddy was sown in more than 30.02 Lakh hectares in 2023 and in 31 Lakh hectares in 2024.
The burned area data reveal the actual extent of fire threat to the farm, former officials and experts and data from 2024 indicate that agriculture fire incidents could be insufficiently reported. To avoid detection, sources said that farmers may have burned a stubble after the satellites passed through the region. While the incidents of agriculture fire are recorded daily, the burned area is measured by satellites every week.
The least burned area was in the Pathankot district, followed by the Rupnagar district; The highest area of Spálený was in the Patiala district, followed by the Sangrur district, the report said.
“In this respect, the incidents of the fire farm in Pandjab and in this respect are also recorded satellites passing through the thermal imaging area, using temperature differences in a specific timing and afternoon. Last year (2024), farmers might avoid to avoid.
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Gurvinder Singh, former director, Punjab Agriculture Department, repeated similar concerns. Increasing the “burned area” of an unpeeled rest, which provides a better picture of agricultural fires, is definitely asking about the authenticity of the characters about the incidents of fire farms in 2024. There could be many reasons because we know that many people may be the last time they could be denied. In the past, there have also been cases where people burn residues, and immediately, within an hour, growing and watering a farm to prevent detection.
Jaskirat Singh, a well -known activist about the environmental issues in Pandjab, said that ground reality does not agree. “While governments, whether it is a center or state, claim that a sharp decline in fire fire incidents has been reached by a number of measures in recent years, including subsidized crops’ residue machines, ground reality. The problem of on -board burning.
PPCB officer, who asks for anonymity, told the Hindes that the rise of the burned area could be a technical problem. “We have focused on an increase in the burnt area. It seems that there is a technical problem. Remote survey data occasionally records more than one fire incident from the same place. For example this year, in Patiala, the breast showed three separate agricultural farm incident “The officer said.
The annual burning of a unpeeled stubble in the autumn contributes to air pollution in northern India, including a new Delhi. Both the Union and the State Governments claimed that the decline in fires to agriculture was achieved several steps, including stricter enforcement of stubble guidelines and access to the control of crop residues.
As Paddy harvesting dynamics in the pandjab, stubble incidents began. This year, according to government data from 15 September to 3 October, the state recorded 95 incidents with a stubble burning from 15 September to October 3.
Published – 4 October 2025 06:28
