In his Budget speech ,
Shri Jaitleyji said :
“ Air pollution in the
Delhi-NCR region has been a cause of concern. A special Scheme will be
implemented to support the efforts of the governments of Haryana, Punjab, Uttar
Pradesh and the NCT of Delhi to address air pollution and to subsidize
machinery required for insitu management of crop residue. “
This is great news for Delhi-ites , which will enable
them to breathe clean air during next Diwali
Remember , some 40 % of school-going children in Delhi
suffer from respiratory diseases !
I hope the proposed scheme
comprise elements of my following suggestion , sent to Shri Jaitleyji as email
, on 10 Nov 2017 :
Friday, 10 November 2017
{ Source for the following info :
Hindustan Times / 10 Nov }
“ For farmers in Punjab, it’s a 20
million tonne-a-year issue “
Extract :
· About 3 million acres are
cultivated for paddy in Punjab and 20
million tonnes of stubble are generated every
year
· Harvesters skim from the top and leave 80 % of the paddy plant – 6” to
8” long – on the field
· Since farmers need to sow wheat within
a fortnight of harvesting paddy, they burn the straw , or paraali ,
to save time, labour and money
· As per Manjeet Singh Makkar ( Head , Farm Machinery and Power
Engineering Department , Punjab Agricultural University ) , following are three
solutions :
# Straw Chopper – cum- Spreader
This machine chops the stubble and mixes it in the soil either with the
help of
water or a rotavator
# Straw Management System and a “ Happy
Seeder “
It cuts the straw into small pieces and scatters it evenly . Next , a
Happy Seeder
mounted on a tractor can be used to sow Wheat and put the cut straw over the
area
as mulch, which improves soil fertility . The two machines cost Rs 1.25 lakhs
# A Baler , which bales the straw .
These can be used in power plants or card-board factories
“ Given a choice between a box of match-sticks and machinery worth Rs 2 lakhs , what will you choose ? “ , asked
Billa Singh , a farmer in Phagwara
Now consider this :
· Between harvesting paddy and sowing wheat, there is a 15 day window
· One pair of machines ( described above ) can work 6 / 7 acres/day
· That is 100 acres in 15 days ( with one pair )
· Paddy Stalk needs to be removed from 30 lakh acres, in 15 days
· That means , Punjab needs 30,000 pairs of machines ( for 15 days )
· One pair costs Rs 2 lakhs
· So , 30,000 pairs will
cost Rs 60,000 lakhs ( Rs 600 crores )
· In Maharashtra , nearly 80 lakh farmers will get farm-loan waiver
amounting to Rs 34,000 crores
· In UP , 12 lakh farmers got farm-loan waiver of Rs 36,000 crore
· Who can believe that Shri Amrinder Singhji ( CM – Punjab ) cannot find
Rs 600 crore to create a FARM HELP SPV ,
which will own those 30,000 machines and let farmers rent out @ Rs 10 / day ?
And , through this method ( # 1 above ) , can we assure
the farmers that their,
· * Soil will become more FERTILE
· * YIELD will go up by 100 %
· * Income will rise dramatically ,
[ To know
how farmers will earn Rs
3,300 Crores in just 15 days , read :
as the farmers of Maharashtra are
discovering , using SRT farming method developed
by Chandrashekar Bhadsavle ?
I urge Shri Amrinder Singhji to read
the following :
“ A Maharashtra
Farmer’s AgriTech Holds Promise for Delhi’s Pollution Woes “
And can someone figure out how to
combine this [ SRT ] with the
following technology from China to
provide a powerful incentive to the Punjab farmers to stop burning paddy stalk
?
Garbage is GreenGold { 3G } [ 10 Sept 2016 ]
03 Feb 2018
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