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  • 11/23/2024
Farm fires continued to rage in India's northern Punjab state on Friday (Nov 22) as farmers rushed to get their fields ready for the next crop while smoke from the burning stubble creates a haze of smog over neighbouring New Delhi.

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00:00Farm fires continued to rage in India's northern Punjab state on Friday as farmers rushed to
00:07get their fields ready for the next crop, while smoke from the burning stubble creates
00:12a haze of smog over neighboring New Delhi.
00:15Farmers in the northern states of Punjab and Haryana burn stubble after their paddy harvest
00:20during a 20 to 25-day window to get their fields ready for sowing the wheat crop.
00:26The period coincides with the onset of winter in most of North India, and the smoke engulfs
00:31the Indian capital New Delhi every year, causing air pollution and health problems for its
00:36residents.
00:38Farmers say they need help and financial assistance from government authorities to help them transition
00:43to a more expensive but cleaner way of dealing with their farm residue, instead of burning
00:48it.
00:49New Delhi and its adjoining regions have been under a smog cloud, registering hazardous
00:53levels of air pollution, over the past fortnight.
00:57Experts blame a major share of that pollution on the smoke from stubble burning in the neighboring
01:02states.

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