Pakistan’s Punjab records 4.2 times more crop-fire detections than Indian Punjab: report
LAHORE: Crop-fire detections in Pakistan’s Punjab were 4.2 times higher than in Indian Punjab during the first 29 days of October, according to satellite data, as the province grapples with worsening smog. According to an analysis published by environmental monitoring website HamariHawa , Nasa satellites detected 13,241 fire spots in Pakistan’s Punjab between October 1 and 29, compared with 3,158…
Pakistan's Punjab province saw 4.2 times more crop-fire detections than India's Punjab during the first 29 days of October, according to satellite data. Environmental monitoring website HamariHawa reported that NASA satellites detected 13,241 fire spots in Pakistan's Punjab compared to 3,158 in Indian Punjab. Ninety-two percent of the detected fire spots in Pakistan's Punjab were on farmland.
The analysis found a significant increase in burning activity in the last seven days of October, with 6,655 fire spots detected. The situation in Indian Punjab has reversed since 2019, where Indian Punjab had almost five times as many fire detections.
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