New Delhi, Nov. 16 -- In the last couple of days, Punjab witnessed an over 50-fold decline in stubble burning instances from 520 on November 12 to just 10 on November 13, while Haryana had an over four-fold drop from 68 to 16 instances.

Uttar Pradesh registered about three-fold decline from 210 to 79. The latest figures on the basis of satellite imagery show that Uttar Pradesh may have registered an overall decline in the last two days but now has the dubious distinction of being ahead of Punjab and Haryana in terms of stubble burning instances.

As per data compiled by the Agriculture Ministry, the number of stubble burning cases has decreased from 792 on November 12 to 105 on November 13. As per data, no stubble burning was detected Ma...