by Free stubble mgmt for marginal farmer in AmritsarIn Amritsar deputy commissioner Sakshi Sawhney informed that facilitation centres were being set up in the grain markets to provide comprehensive support to farmers selling their produce Additionally the administration is proactively contacting farmers to evaluate their machinery needs for effective stubble management she saidIn a firstofitskind initiative she added a pilot project offering free stubble management for marginal farmers is being undertaken This service will be available to 100 farmers with less than 25 acres of land In many cases baler owners are reluctant to make stubble bales for small landholdings To address this the administration has encouraged farmers to form groups making it financially viable for balers to create stubble bales The administration has also provided them with duty passes to exempt them from toll taxes said SakshiMeetings with balers in Tarn TaranTarn Taran DC Sandeep Kumar said early stubble burning typically starts in Khadoor Sahib area where they have already registered an FIR He said in accordance with Supreme Court directives the station house officer is held accountable for stubbleburning incidents Meetings have been held with baler associations, other stakeholders to facilitate the baling of stubble, ensure no further incidents of stubble burning he said100 villages in Moga under vigilMoga district administration has identified 100 villages where the highest number of stubbleburning incidents were reported during the last season DC Vishesh Sarangal said there was no shortage of agricultural machinery in these villages In fact many villages had double the number of CRM machinery available than the fire incidents He added that 22 cluster offi cers, 334 nodal officers would monitor, prevent stubbleburning incidentsFirst 2 cases in JalandharOn Saturday the first two cases of stubble burning in Jalandhar were reported Chief agriculture officer Jaswant Rai said they received information about the two cases through satellite images one from Jalandhar West, another from Lohian, teams were being sent there Jalandhar district administration has also set up a helpline for farmers to report stubble burning casesBathinda DC Showkat Ahmad Parrey urged farmers to join the efforts to effectively check stubble burning in the district, apprised them about various steps taken by the govt to dissuade the farmers against the practice Fazilka DC Amarpreet Kaur Sandhu, Barnala DC Punamdeep Kaur reached out to farmers in various villages, urged them to stay away from burning crop residue She apprised them about the CRM machines available in the districtAwareness camps in Patiala SangrurFaridkot DC Vinit Kumar, Mansa DC Kulwant Singh held meetings with farmers, urged them to look for alternatives to burning straw by making use of the CRM machinery
Published in The Times of India (Online) (24.09.2024)

by Free stubble mgmt for marginal farmer in AsrIn Amritsar deputy commissioner Sakshi Sawhney informed that facilitation centres were being set up in the grain markets to provide comprehensive support to farmers selling their produce Additionally the administration is proactively contacting farmers to evaluate their machinery needs for effective stubble management she saidIn a firstofitskind initiative she added a pilot project offering free stubble management for marginal farmers is being undertaken This service will be available to 100 farmers with less than 25 acres of land In many cases baler owners are reluctant to make stubble bales for small landholdings To address this the administration has encouraged farmers to form groups making it financially viable for balers to create stubble bales The administration has also provided them with duty passes to exempt them from toll taxes said SakshiMeetings with balers in Tarn TaranTarn Taran DC Sandeep Kumar said early stubble burning typically starts in Khadoor Sahib area where they have already registered an FIR He said in accordance with Supreme Court directives the station house officer is held accountable for stubbleburning incidents Meetings have been held with baler associations, other stakeholders to facilitate the baling of stubble, ensure no further incidents of stubble burning he said100 villages in Moga under vigilMoga district administration has identified 100 villages where the highest number of stubbleburning incidents were reported during the last season DC Vishesh Sarangal said there was no shortage of agricultural machinery in these villages In fact many villages had double the number of CRM machinery available than the fire incidents He added that 22 cluster officers, 334 nodal officers would monitor, prevent stubbleburning incidentsFirst 2 cases in JalandharOn Saturday the first two cases of stubble burning in Jalandhar were reported Chief agriculture officer Jaswant Rai said they received information about the two cases through satellite images one from Jalandhar West, another from Lohian, teams were being sent there Jalandhar district administration has also set up a helpline for farmers to report stubble burning casesBathinda DC Showkat Ahmad Parrey urged farmers to join the efforts to effectively check stubble burning in the district, apprised them about various steps taken by the govt to dissuade the farmers against the practice Fazilka DC Amarpreet Kaur Sandhu, Barnala DC Punamdeep Kaur reached out to farmers in various villages, urged them to stay away from burning crop residue She apprised them about the CRM machines available in the districtAwareness camps in Patiala SangrurFaridkot DC Vinit Kumar, Mansa DC Kulwant Singh held meetings with farmers, urged them to look for alternatives to burning straw by making use of the CRM machineryPatiala DC Preeti Yadav said besides awareness campaigns we have done mapping, monitoring of the machines for insitu management of paddy straw
Published in The Times of India (Online) (23.09.2024)