New Delhi: Burning of agricultural residues in the winter months in North India is a major cause of air pollution. Pusa Institute of Delhi has developed a new technique for disposal of agricultural residues. On Wednesday, this technique was presented to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Appreciating this new technology developed by ARAI (Pusa), Kejriwal said, the major source of cold weather pollution in Delhi is paddy straw and other crop residues. I congratulate the scientists of IAI for developing a low cost effective technique for dealing with the problem of burning crop residues. Governments need to work closely with scientists to solve the problem of burning crop residue.
This technique is called Pusa decompression. It can be mixed with readily available inputs, sprayed in cropped fields and sprayed in 8–10 days to ensure disintegration of crop stalks and eliminate the need to burn. The capsules cost only Rs 20 per acre and 4-5 tonnes of raw straw can be disposed of per acre effectively.
Research conducted by ARAI in the last 4 years in the agricultural areas of Punjab and Haryana has yielded very encouraging results, reducing the need for burning straw, as well as reducing the consumption of fertilizer and using it with a view to increasing agricultural production. Has benefited from
Impressed by its effective capability and easy-to-use technology, Kejriwal has decided to visit the Pusa campus for a live demo on 24 September. He has also directed the development department officials to do a detailed analysis of the cost benefit and explore the implementation of this technology in all the farms in outer Delhi, which face the problem of crop residue.
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