Following an appeal by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel a large number of farmers in Chhattisgarh are donating paddy stubble to Gauthans.
These are to be used as fodder for animals in the Gauthans and to manufacture vermicompost.
An official communiqué said on Friday that 13.89 thousand quintal of paddy straw had been donated by farmers in 33 districts.
In Ambikapur district, 10,797 quintals of stubble have been collected.