: Central panel issues guidelines to Delhi, adjoining states to tackle stubble burning #IndiaNEWS The Commission for Air Quality Management on Wednesday directed governments of Delhi and adjoining states

Central panel issues guidelines to Delhi, adjoining states to tackle stubble burning #IndiaNEWS
The Commission for Air Quality Management on Wednesday directed governments of Delhi and adjoining states to implement strict action plans, including use of bio-decomposer to combat stubble burning in farms during the winter season, PTI reported.Farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh burn the residue of their paddy harvest since it is a cost-effective and time-saving measure to prepare the fields for sowing of the other crops like wheat. However, the practice results in increased levels of air pollution in vast areas of North India.“The Commission has been informed that Pusa bio-decomposer is planned for application in six lakh acres in UP, one lakh acres in Haryana, 7,413 acres in Punjab and 4,000 Acres in Delhi, the commission,??? the central commission said in a statement.The bio-decomposer is essentially a solution containing seven fungal species and was created by scientists of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute at Delhi’s Pusa area.Last year, the Director of Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Ashok Kumar Singh, had told Scroll.in that the Pusa decomposer breaks down the stubble – so that it doesn’t need to be burnt – while also enriching the soil in the long run. The decomposer was provided to farmers on a pilot basis in 2019.The Commission for Air Quality Managenent on Wednesday also asked the states to look...Read more

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