Scores of Indian farmers arrested over polluting fires

AFP
Thu, 07 Nov 2019 12:20:19 +0000
Asia, International, World, Environment, fires, India, pollution

More than 80 farmers have been arrested in northern India for starting fires that contributed to the recent pollution crisis in New Delhi and other cities, officials said Thursday. Each winter the post-harvest burning of crop stubble covers swaths of the region in toxic smog, which combines with car and factory emissions to turn Delhi …