Aiming to eradicate stubble burning, city Government on Monday started spraying bio-decomposer for free in paddy fields of Delhi.
This year, environment department received application for about 4000 acres to be sprinkled with the decomposer, last year 2000 acres of land was covered.
Environment Minister Gopal Rai said those farmers who have not applied yet will be issued a contact number to avail this service free of cost. The number is- 96438 44287 and farmers can register themselves and we will provide our team to visit the farms and help with the process.
“The number of farmers who are getting the bio-decomposer solution sprayed has doubled in Delhi as compared to last year; farmers are very excited because of its tremendous performance,” Rai added.
Mentioning about other factors contributing pollution in winter seasons, instance – road side dust, dust from construction sites, vehicular pollution, Rai said initiatives like anti-dust campaign, green war room have been taken.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister urged neighboring states should also encouraged farmers for the use of Pusa made bio decomposer and provide this solution free to the farmers.
“The pollution inside Delhi increases during the winter season, and upon noticing, it has indeed started to increase as winters are approaching. It includes pollution from dust, vehicles, garbage burning, and biomass but the most crucial problem is ‘stubble burning’. The smoke of burnt stubble starts from areas of Punjab and Haryana and reaches Delhi. To curb this issue of pollution, we started to sprinkle the Bio-Decomposer on farms located in Delhi and the results were appreciable. The decomposed stubble got converted into healthy compost and increased the cultivating capacity of the soil. This time the Delhi Government has decided to sprinkle twice as much decomposer on more farms in Delhi be it Basmati Paddy or Non-Basmati Paddy that are being harvested by carbines,” he added.