Why in news The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has told Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh to form a ‘Parali Protection For...
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The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has told Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh to form a ‘Parali Protection Force’.
This force will operate at the district and block levels to stop stubble (parali) burning.
It will include police, agricultural officers, and other local officials.
The force will increase patrolling, especially at night when stubble burning often happens secretly.
States must map all village farms to find the best ways to manage paddy stubble, like crop change, using it on fields, or as animal fodder.
Farmers caught burning stubble will be punished with fines and “red entries” in their land records.
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