Farmers in Sangrur took to burning stubble on Thursday

Farmers in Sangrur took to burning stubble on Thursday morning in protest against the order to prevent plant material burning. Farmers have refused to abide by the order, expressing the govt should provide them grant if they require them to prevent burning plant material.

Five states–Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and Delhi–had issued notifications prohibiting agriculture crop residue burning to curb pollution. However, farmers say they haven’t gotten any financial facilitate from the govt however and don't have any choice but to burn the



residue.

“Is it solely regarding pollution in Delhi? we've children too. plant material burning is for the betterment of land. area unit going to} continue until our demands are met,” said a farmer in Sangrur as quoted by press agency cuckoo.

On Wednesday, farmers in Karnal additionally burned plant material, saying that they had a no different choice.

Meanwhile, the air quality in Delhi is probably going to deteriorate within the coming back days. an air pollution observance agency advised arising within the pollutants like PM 2.5 earlier than Diwali.