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Stubble burning cases successful Punjab and Haryana from April 1 to May 15 roseate by 38.80% and 118.89% implicit the corresponding play past year, the Commission for Air Quality Management successful National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) noted successful a gathering connected Friday (May 15, 2026). It directed the NCR governments to instrumentality stricter enforcement mechanisms and reviewed measures to power aerial contamination successful the region.
The committee noted that during the 45-day period, 8,986 stubble burning incidents were reported successful Punjab, compared to 6,474 during the corresponding play past year. Haryana reported 3,290 incidents, compared to 1,503 implicit the aforesaid play successful 2025, an authoritative said.
Electric 3-wheelers
It besides approved a absorption mandating registrations of lone electrical three-wheelers (passenger and goods) successful Delhi from January 1 adjacent twelvemonth and successful the 5 neighbouring districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonipat, Ghaziabad, and Gautam Buddha Nagar from January 1, 2028. In the remaining NCR districts, the prohibition connected autorickshaws moving connected accepted substance volition travel into effect connected January 1, 2029.
The committee noted that a caller study by aerial prime experts identified vehicles arsenic 1 of the large contributors to PM2.5 emissions and emphasised the request for an accelerated modulation towards cleaner mobility.
The CAQM besides announced that 46 aerial prime monitoring stations would beryllium added to its web crossed the region. Of these, 14 volition travel up successful Delhi, 16 successful Haryana, 15 successful Uttar Pradesh and 1 successful Rajasthan, taking the full fig of monitoring stations successful the NCR to 157.
