Punjab on Monday reported 1,251 fresh farm fire cases, the single-day highest this season, taking the state’s total count of such cases to 9,655, Punjab Remote Sensing Centre data showed.

From September 15 till November 18, Punjab witnessed 9,655 stubble burning incidents, registering around 71 per cent dip in crop residue burnings in comparison to the figures reported in the corresponding period of the previous year.