Ludhiana: Furthermore ‘taking the battle’ towards Ance Burning Stubble at the grassroots to educate farmers about the harmful impact of practice, Varinder Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma on Friday marking the Van Awareness that will visit awareness in this matter.
Marking the van from the District Administrative Complex, Deputy Commissioner said that Van Wee was equipped with an audio message and would be sensitive to people about the harmful effects of burning stumps of rice.
He said the rice stump was useful for farmers and should not be burned at any cost because plant residues can play an important role in increasing soil fertility if harvested in the field with the help of ultra-modern equipment.
He said the burning of stumps pose a danger for the environment and should be avoided with all costs.
Sharma said that this ultra-modern van would play a role in waking farmers about the need for rice straw management.
He also asked the Ministry of Agriculture, PPCB, the Cooperative Department of the Cooperatives, Rural and Pancayat Development, Education and others to intensify consciousness activities at the foot level of war in villages through public meetings, general announcements of seminars or other ways.
Deputy Commissioner said that staff in Van will also disseminate information to farmers through pamphlets and posters because they are aware of pollution caused by burning rice in addition to the way and how to manage rice straw effectively.
He also confirmed that instead of burning stumps, farmers had to use agricultural equipment to overcome the threat of propeller stumps in the district, making pollution free district.
He said that the Punjab government has provided more than 5500 ultra-modern equipment to Ludhiana farmers who can be useful in effective rice straw management and also appeal to them to use i-khet applications to order these machines to manage stumps.
On that occasion, the Chief Agriculture Officer Narinder Singh Benipal, DDPO Sanjiv Kumar and others were present.