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Farmers cleaning paddy residue in the fields manually after the supreme court ban on burning of crops in India. In Punjab, rice fields line both sides of the road. The only problem is that after harvesting, the farmers set fire to the fields to clear the stubble. The smoke from the burning stubble in Punjab and Haryana drifts southwards and exacerbates air pollution in Delhi-NCR. This pollution, timed with Diwali and the onset of winter, takes Delhi’s air quality to notorious levels of toxicity. Delhi, already one of the most polluted cities, becomes a gas chamber because of the trifecta of vectors. Last year, the haze in Delhi after Diwali was reputedly worse than the great smog of London in 1952. The National Green Tribunal and the courts have taken notice and announced a slew of measur
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Mizoram·festival · farmland
Pawl Kut 2023, the traditional post-harvest thanksgiving festival of the Mizo people, is celebrated at Assam Rifles Ground (Lammual) in Aizawl, Mizoram.
Mizoram·festival · farmland
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Mizoram·dance · festival
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