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Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Thursday, 10 March 2022

Dear Sisodiaji : Here is Stubble Pollution Solution

 


Last evening, while interviewing you on NDTV, Pronoy Roy asked you :


“ So far you have been complaining about air pollution that people of Delhi suffer due to farmers in Punjab burning stubble ( crop residue ). Now that you will govern Punjab, how do you plan to stop stubble burning ? “


Your politically correct answer was :

  We will think about it. We will find a satisfactory solution “

 

Dear Sisodiaji :


Following is that “ satisfactory solution “ costing less than Rs 600 crores ( a tiny fraction of your poll promises )


And you can easily implement it in 3 months !


More than 4 years ago, I sent following e-mail to all Cabinet Ministers / State Chief Ministers :

Ø  Smog in Brain ?..................... [ 10 Nov 2017 ]


Where I suggested :

 

             #   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 ,

 

     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 


https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/this-farmers-agri-technology-can-help-solve-indias-pollution-woes/articleshow/61600114.cms


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 Green Gold { 3G }  [  10  Sept  2016  ]

 

Dear

Shri Sisodiaji  [ msisodia.delhi@gov.in

 

Shri Bhagwant Mannji  [ bhagwant.mann@sansad.nic.in  / bhagwantmann@gmail.com ]


Shri Raghav Chadhaji  [ raghavchadha111188@gamil.com ]

 

I hope that this solution is adopted in the very first meeting of the new AAP government in Punjab


With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  11 March 2022

 


Related Readings :


Amrinder Singhji has no excuse ! ………………………[ 20 Nov 2017 ]

 

Thank You , Captain Amrinder Singhji ……………… [ 19 Oct 2018 ]

Making Water from Air ?................................. [ 26 Oct 2018 ]

 

A Grass-Root Revolution ……………………………………….[ 11 Mar 2019 ]

Legislation or No legislation ! ………………………………..[ 06 Nov 2019 ]

Necessity is the Mother of Invention …………………….[ 16 Nov 2019 ]

Delhi worse than hell ? ………………………………………….[ 28 Nov 2019 ]

 

Stubble Blame Game……………………………………………  [ 14 Nov 2021 ]

Using Stubble to produce Power ? Takes 4 Years ? [ 03 Jan 2022 ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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