New Delhi: All hope that the burning of harvest-stumps will decrease after the steps taken to curb them have been trusted by satellite image data that places the number of agricultural fires in Punjab this year between September 1 and 16,015, the highest number of 2016 for the period.
Data from VIIRS-SNPP Satellite NASA placed the number of fires in 2016 at 84,886 and in the following years at 72,373 in 2020, 40,528 in 2019, 51,998 in 2018 and 46,752 in 2017.
The number of fires in Haryana showed the same trend.
This year, in two and a half months between September 1 and November 16, there were 8,879 fire stumps, the number of years ago to 5,186.
It was 5,735 in 2019 and 7,501 in 2018 in the same period.
2017 Different from 9,010 incidents of combustion.
Pawan Gupta, Senior Scientist, Earth Sciences, University Space Research Association, NASA, who analyzed data from the VIRS-SNP satellite, told TII, “the daily number of fires slowly fell but more than 1,000 fires were still recorded every day.
further decline in the next few days.
Most combustion is concentrated in the southern district of Punjab and Northern Hanyana.
“Track the level of pollution in other analysis by the Board of energy, the environment and water in active fishing fires has similar results.
LS Kurinji, Associate Program, CEE, “While the number of agricultural fires in Punjab and Haryana combined only 20,723 to 31 October, almost fourfold to 82,870 in the last 15 days.
This year, almost half of the districts in Punjab and Haryana have witnessed Fireoutout higher than in 2020.
Year-by-year analysis shows the current season’s fire is the highest in the last five years.
“After Punjab and Haryana recorded an increase in agricultural fires this year, experts say more steps need to be taken to prevent farmers from burning stump.
Chandra Bhushan, CEO, International Forum for the Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iForest), said that “in-situ plant residue management did not work because only a few farmers used it.
Farmers have used processing technology for almost a century, but changes in agricultural practice Old for decades it is not easily accepted by most farmers.
We need short-term results also to control air pollution.
“Bhushan added,” We need to modify a combined harvester.
What is currently available cut the rough part of the stump and let around 30 cm the rod is intact In the field.
This is what farmers are burned.
The modified version must cut the stem at the bottom, such as farmers carried out manually.
Actually, such harvesting is on the market.
The government must promote it.
The government must also provide market relations in each village to buy stump.
“Kurinji added,” It’s important to get It was involved with farmers to take stock their advanced reasons to burn and to overcome logistics and financial shortages in the existing in-situ solutions and ex-situ.
In the following season, the Punjab government must promote the absorption of short duration varieties and provide incentives to farmers to shift from rice.
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