Sirsa claimed that the Punjab government had spent Rs 20-25 crore on advertisements to project that there was no stubble burning in the state this year.
Pannu said that Punjab’s progress in reducing stubble burning had also been acknowledged in Parliament, where a reduction of up to 80 percent in stubble burning was noted last year.
The forecasts come as Delhi recorded its first 'poor' air quality day of the season on Wednesday, with the Air Quality Index settling at 245, the highest in 100 days.
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, expressed satisfaction with the decline in farm fires in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.
