As Punjab continues to face criticism for its role in Delhi’s worsening air pollution, Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) Chairman Rajesh Verma on Thursday said that a stubble revolution was now taking shape in the state.

The remark comes amid growing debate over farm fires in north India, which are often cited as a major contributor to the national capital’s toxic smog.

Verma, along with CAQM Member Secretary Tarun Kumar Pithode, visited the Rajpura thermal power plant to review the use of biomass pellets blended with coal and to evaluate the ongoing stubble management efforts in Patiala district.

Verma said paddy straw had now emerged as a source of income for farmers. He remarked that following the Green Revolution, Punjab’s farmers were leading a “paddy stubble revolution"

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