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Environmetal pollution

Why are farmers in Punjab burning their fields despite knowing it causes pollution?

Name: Why are farmers in Punjab burning their fields despite knowing it causes pollution?
Uploaded: 2018-07-09T22:20:52.158860+05:30
Channel: Shone Satheesh
Description: Crop burning blankets a large swathe of North India in a haze of smog.

Crop burning blankets a large swathe of North India in a haze of smog.

Shone Satheesh & Anmol Kanojia

Oct 18, 2017 · 09:00 am

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