Bring 21 farmers you’ve helped to curb stubble burning: NGT to Punjab

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday asked the Punjab government to produce before it 21 farmers whom it claimed to have helped by giving incentives to prevent them from burning crop stubble in a bid to check air pollution. Agricultural stubble is burnt by farmers in northern India every October, triggering heavy pollution in Delhi-ncr before the onset of winter. Farmers set crop residue afire mainly because of cost concerns.