Farm fires across seven states reached 513 by October 10, with Madhya Pradesh recording 233 cases and Punjab and Uttar Pradesh reporting 118 each, according to data from the Consortium for Research on Agroecosystem Monitoring and Modeling from Space (CREAMS).
The latest tally includes 65 incidents reported on October 10. Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest daily count at 39, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 10, Punjab with nine and Rajasthan with seven. Delhi and Uttarakhand reported one case each on the same day.
The figures show Madhya Pradesh accounting for almost twice as many reported farm fires as Punjab, while Rajasthan’s total stood at 35 and Haryana’s at seven. The incidents have been recorded across 83 districts in the seven states, including 12 districts in Punjab.
Amritsar has reported the highest number of stubble-burning cases among the districts covered, with 60 incidents. The concentration of cases has brought district-level monitoring and enforcement into focus as authorities respond to violations linked to crop-residue burning.
In Punjab, authorities have registered five first information reports under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which relates to disobedience of an order duly promulgated by a public servant. Three of the FIRs were registered in Tarn Taran and one each in Patiala and Amritsar.
Environmental compensation amounting to Rs 2.05 lakh has been imposed in 41 cases in Punjab, with Rs 1.15 lakh recovered, the report said. Authorities have also made red entries in land records in 18 cases, a measure that records the violation against the relevant landholding. Warning and show-cause notices have been issued to 42 nodal and supervisory officers.
The enforcement figures indicate that the response is operating through multiple administrative channels: criminal cases, financial penalties, land-record entries and action against officials responsible for monitoring. The data, however, records reported incidents and enforcement actions rather than the full volume or air-quality impact of crop-residue burning.
The latest numbers come during the period when states in northern and central India typically intensify monitoring of stubble burning. Authorities have not announced an end date for the current enforcement exercise in the information available. Further updates will depend on subsequent CREAMS counts and state-level action against reported violations.
