CHANDIGARH: Punjab recorded 4,657 incidents of stubble burning across the state till November 9, 2026, amid Diwali celebrations, according to a Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) report.Police have registered 1,442 FIRs, while environmental fines amounting to Rs 7.285 crore have been imposed. Of this, Rs 3.36 crore has been recovered, the report said, news agency ANI reported.Harvesting has been completed on 93.70% of the state’s 32.87 lakh hectares of paddy-cultivated land. Administrative and monitoring teams are conducting regular field inspections to check stubble burning.So far, 3,845 instances of field fires have been inspected, with physical evidence of stubble burning confirmed at 1,675 locations.In Patiala district, 299 incidents of stubble burning have been recorded. Inspections were conducted in 195 cases, with evidence of burning confirmed at 122 locations.A total of 86 FIRs have been registered in the district. Environmental fines amounting to Rs 43.50 lakh have been imposed, of which Rs 15 lakh has been recovered, ANI reported.Red entries, or official adverse records, have been made in 35 cases, while 185 warning notices have been issued.Tarn Taran records highest number of incidentsDistrict-wise data showed that Tarn Taran recorded the highest number of stubble-burning incidents at 659, followed by Ferozepur with 621.Sangrur and Bathinda reported 508 and 412 incidents, respectively.Police have registered 307 FIRs in Tarn Taran, 365 in Ferozepur, 80 in Sangrur and 19 in Bathinda, according to the report, ANI reported.The PPCB report said monitoring and legal action against stubble burning were continuing across the state. Thousands of cases have involved inspections, FIRs, environmental fines and warning notices.Despite these measures, the continued occurrence of stubble-burning incidents remains a challenge for the administration’s enforcement efforts and stubble management system.(With agency inputs)