Bathinda: Punjab recorded 292 stubble burning cases on Saturday, the highest count in a day so far in the ongoing paddy harvesting season, taking the count to 1,339. Apart from 292 farm fire cases in Punjab, 24 were reported in Rajasthan, 10 from Madhya Pradesh and 6 from Haryana, taking the count to 3,071 across 7 states. Out of 332 cases recorded in the day across the states, Punjab alone recorded nearly 88% of the cases at 292.With the tally on Saturday, the share of Punjab mounted up to 43.6% out of 7 states. Tarn Taran district of the state continued to remain at the top of the chart with 455 cases. Against 1339 farm fire cases in Punjab, 638 cases have been reported from Rajasthan, 538 from MP, 345 from UP, 174 from Uttrakhand, 35 from Haryana and 2 from Delhi.With the spurt in farm fire cases, the penal action too has been put in high gear as 246 FIRs have been registered u/s 223 BNS (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) till Oct 29 with 165 FIRs in Tarn Taran, 24 in Amritsar, 17 in Kapurthala, 10 each in Ferozepur, Jalandhar, 7 in Gurdaspur, 4 each in Fazilka, Patiala, 2 each in Muktsar, Sangrur, 1 in Faridkot. As per Consortium For Research On Agroecosystem Monitoring and Modeling Sspace (CREAMS), stubble burning far has been reported from 159 districts, with 22 districts in Punjab.Crop residue burning till Oct 31Punjab: 1339Rajasthan: 638MP: 538UP: 345Uttrakhand: 174Haryana: 35Delhi: 2Total: 3071
