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 “
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 ?
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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