Punjab farmers to protest against govt's ban on burning of crop residue

Come winter and the weather in North India is expected to be smoggier and more chilling compared to last year, especially in the national capital. On Thursday, skies of New Delhi was engulfed in the toxic air as crop-burning has begun in various parts of adjoining Punjab and Haryana.

A recent satellite image released by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) revealed that the farmers of Punjab and Haryana have started burning the crop residue from the starting of this month