In a step aimed at curbing air pollution from crop residue burning, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has issued fresh directives to the state governments of Punjab and Haryana, ...

Stubble burning remains a potential source of air pollution. More than 20 million tonnes of paddy straw as stubbles are burnt every year in north-western India that accounts for about 40 per cent of ...

Patiala: With the paddy harvesting season on the horizon, India's air quality regulator has directed Punjab to tighten enforcement and accelerate its push for crop diversification to curb stubble ...

Farmer Bhupinder Singh Gill, who cultivates paddy on his 40-acre holding in Ferozepur, Punjab, is a relieved man these days. After SAEL Industries set up a 15 MW power plant near his farm a few years ...

Chandigarh, Aug 12 (IANS) Taking a firm step towards clean and green energy, a compressed biogas (CBG) plant was commissioned in Sangrur district of Punjab. Disclosing this here on Friday, Punjab’s ...