Smoke billows out of the fields in India's Punjab state as several thousand acres of crop stubble are set on fire, wrapping surrounding areas in a thick, grey blanket.
The national capital Delhi and surrounding areas are enveloped in a layer of smog each winter as cold, heavy air traps construction dust, vehicle emissions and smoke from the crop stubble burning in the states of Punjab and Haryana.
Farmers in Punjab, known as India's grain basket, claim they have no other option to get rid of their crop waste. But he said the stubble fires hurt locals more than the people in Delhi, about 280 km south of Khamanon town in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib district. "We have distributed around 120,000 machines to the farmers that assist in destroying the crop residue without having to burn it down," Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann told reporters.
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