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

 

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