Why only
a passing reference ?
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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
?
03 Feb 2018
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