As one drives from city to village, stubble bales loaded tractor-trailers are now a common scenario. Bales scattered in farms have now taken the place of ash-filled fields, where farmers are transforming the stubble into profit. (HT Photo)
A farmer burns paddy stubble in a field at a village in Patiala. Punjab recorded 178 fresh stubble burning incidents on Sunday, taking the total count to 2,262 so far this season. (PTI)