Chandigarh, Oct 27 (PTI) Punjab on Monday witnessed the season's highest single-day spike of 147 farm fires, pushing the total number of incidents since September 15 to 890, official data showed.

Tarn Taran and Amritsar districts accounted for the bulk of the farm fires, Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) data showed, as many farmers continued to disregard the state government's appeal to stop crop residue burning.

The number of farm fires in the state has jumped by 537 from October 20, when the figure stood at 353.

According to the data, the highest number of farm fires was reported from Tarn Taran at 249, followed by Amritsar at 169, Ferozepur at 87, Sangrur at 79, Patiala at 46, Gurdaspur at 41, Bathinda at 38 and Kapurthala at 35.

Pathankot and Rupnagar districts have not report

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