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Ludhiana,( Gurvinder sihu)<\/p>\n
Gearing up for making Ludhiana a \u2018paddy stubble free burning\u2019 district, the District administration along with\u00a0Agriculture\u00a0and farmers welfare department has embarked on a special campaign to distribute\u00a0subsidized\u00a0paddy straw management\u00a0equipment\u00a0to farmers in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
Presiding over a meeting, Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney stated that burning of\u00a0paddy\u00a0stubble\u00a0is hazardous for the farmers and land, which is considered mother by farmers. She unequivocally pointed that burning of\u00a0paddy\u00a0straw\u00a0is hardly a solution for the\u00a0farm\u00a0residue management as it ruins the health of soil besides causing huge loss to the environment.<\/p>\n
Sawhney mentioned that due to the burning of\u00a0paddy\u00a0stubble,\u00a0several major\u00a0nutrients\u00a0and other\u00a0micro\u00a0nutrients\u00a0of soil get destroyed. She also told that instead of burning the\u00a0paddy\u00a0stubble,\u00a0the farmers must adopt effective methods for in-situ management\u00a0through latest techniques. She disclosed that to encourage the farmers for this, the administration and department are giving\u00a0several\u00a0machines including Happy Seeder , Super Seeder, Smart Seeder, Rake, Mulcher, Paddy Chopper Shredder, RMB Plough and others to farmers and farmers group on\u00a0subsidy\u00a0adding that the individual farmer entitled to get 50%\u00a0subsidy\u00a0and farmers group\/ cooperative societies get 80%\u00a0subsidy.<\/p>\n
The Deputy Commissioner also directed the officials to prepare a roadmap to cover each village in its awareness drive during this year. Last year, the district has recorded 32-percent less cases of stubble burning and now this time, we have to work more hard to ensure none of the farmer indulge into this unhealthy practice.<\/p>\n
Prominent amongst those present on the occasion included ADCs Anmol Singh Dhaliwal, Rupinder Pal Singh, SDMs and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"