-The Times of India New Delhi: Are you a farmer? How about earning a handsome amount from the stubble left behind in your field instead of burning it and adding to the pollution level? How about also getting bio-fertiliser and sustainable energy in the same deal? An IIT-Delhi team has provided technical support to Asia's first biogas-based power plant which is now operating on paddy straw for large-scale biogas production in Fazilka, Punjab....
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 60
Straws in the wind -Elumalai Kannan
-The Hindu Paddy stubble, unlike wheat residue, isn’t valuable animal feed. Incentivising biomass-based power plants in Punjab and Haryana will help north India breathe easier. Delhi has registered its worst air quality in recent times. This has prompted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to call it a “gas chamber”. Pollution in different parts of the capital has touched hazardous levels with potentially serious health effects on the rich and poor alike, especially on...
More »To breathe fresh air, opt for better agricultural technology
Delhi's air is not fit to inhale. Experts argue that prolonged exposure to toxic air could lead to serious health hazards like heart and lung diseases, various types of cancer etc. But is it the case that the smog, which engulfed the entire National Capital Region (NCR) and many of the north Indian cities during October-November was entirely caused due to burning of firecrackers in Diwali or because of vehicular...
More »Paddy stubble management: Zero biomass power plant in 3 years -Raakhi Jagga
-The Indian Express Apart from sitting over the subsidy applications for agriculture machines, the state has not been able to add even a single biomass power plant in the last three years. Ludhiana: Even while Punjab attempted to wash its hands of the air pollution that is plaguing Delhi, the state has not been able to set its own house in order either. Apart from sitting over the subsidy applications for agriculture machines,...
More »Delhi air pollution: Can farmers be blamed? -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com Only 20% of Delhi’s air pollution can be attributed to stubble burning by farmers in Punjab and Haryana, environment minister Anil Madhav Dave said on Monday New Delhi: The spike in pollution levels in Delhi’s air is an annual winter ordeal, so is burning of paddy stubble by farmers in neighbouring Punjab and Haryana after the crop is harvested. But how much does burning of crop residues contribute to Delhi’s pollution peaks?...
More »
