Air Quality Across North India "Very Poor", Delhi-NCR, UP, Haryana Worst Hit

As the nation celebrated Dussehra on Tuesday by burning the effigies of Ravana, farmers in Punjab paced up the crop residue burning as 360 farm fires, the maximum in a day this season, were reported, taking the overall count to 2,306. A few farmers set stubble on fire to register their protest against the government agencies. While farmers are being penalised for setting paddy residue on fire, no action is taken against those burning lakhs of Ravana effigies on Dussehra and crackers during Diwali, they said.