Jalandhar, Nov. 2 -- A day after the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) directed Punjab to adopt stringent measures against the farmers indulging in stubble burning, Punjab recorded the season's highest single-day spike of 442 cases, taking the state's total count to 2,084.

The cases on Saturday are almost double the number of 223 cases reported on Friday.

Sangrur once again logged the highest 108 cases, followed by 49 in Ferozepur, 42 in Bathinda, 40 in Ferozepur, 33 in Patiala 33 and 28 in Mansa.

On the corresponding day last year, the state had recorded 587 farm fire incidents, while it was 1,921 cases in 2023.

According to official data, nearly 25% of paddy is yet to be harvested, mainly in the south Malwa districts, and...