Despite repeated warnings from the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), stubble burning continued unabated in Punjab, with Muktsar district reporting the highest number of 45 farm fires on Tuesday.

Moga (37), Tarn Taran (33), and Mansa (32) also recorded a surge in incidents.

A recent CAQM report, discussed during a high-level review meeting with state officials in Chandigarh, noted a sharp upward trend in Muktsar and Fazilka, prompting the Commission to seek urgent intervention from the state government.

Punjab reported 312 fresh stubble-burning cases, taking the seasonal total to 4,507, of which nearly 47 per cent (2,565) occurred in the past 11 days.

Officials admitted that despite the triple-action plan—imposing environmental compensation, lodging FIRs, and making red entr

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