Overview
- Punjab reported 224 new stubble-burning incidents on Friday, lifting the season’s total to 1,642 after more than 600 fires in three days.
- Sangrur logged 64 cases on the day and 281 overall, second to Tarn Taran’s 374, with activity concentrated in the Malwa belt while Doaba accounts for just 6% of cases.
- Punjab Police said about 1,700 personnel in the new Parali Protection Force are guarding 353 hotspot villages through 862 teams that monitor fields, counsel farmers, and take punitive action.
- Districts escalated penalties and oversight with 43 show-cause notices to cluster officials in Sangrur and Barnala, fines against dozens of farmers, and FIRs under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Over 30 unions under the Samyukt Kisan Morcha announced November 4 district demonstrations and a November 19 protest in Chandigarh, seeking withdrawal of stubble-burning cases and financial or practical residue-management support.