To curb incidents of paddy stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) has deployed Flying Squads in 34 districts of these states while further intensifying coordinated field-level monitoring mechanisms. 

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said that the Flying Squads have been deployed in 18 districts in Punjab and 16 districts in Haryana for the period from 1st of this month till 30th of next month. It added that the Flying Squads will assess the ground-level situation in their respective allocated districts and coordinate closely with the concerned authorities. 

The teams will coordinate with farmers, Parali Protection Force, district-level authorities, State Government Nodal Officers, officers of the respective State Pollution Control Boards, CAQM Cell at SAS Nagar and the Commission. The ground situation, along with the steps taken to prevent further incidents of paddy stubble burning, will be reported to the CAQM Cell on a daily basis.

The Ministry highlighted that the strengthened field-level mechanism is aimed at ensuring timely assessment of the on-ground situation, close coordination among enforcement agencies and prompt preventive action to tackle stubble burning incidents during the harvesting season.