The farmers continued to burn stubble in Punjab’s Verka. The stubble burning practice every year deteriorates air quality of Punjab and its adjoining states. A farmer said, “Punjab govt didn’t fulfil its promise of compensation of Rs 2500, so we have to burn stubble in strain.” Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (EPCA) had also written to chief secretaries of Punjab, Haryana to control cases of stubble burning.