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Sofas made out of stubble catch visitors’ fancy at PAUedit
After converting stubble into jewellery, floor mats, Punjab Agricultural University has now turned straw into outdoor sofas and centre tables.
The furniture made from straw is catching people’s fancy and has become an attraction for those visiting the university.
The judicious use of stubble has been showcased amidst raging debate of rising incidents of stubble burning across the state.
Anil Sharma, assistant director, Communication Centre, who is also known for writing jingles to exhort farmers not to set paddy straw on fire, is the brain behind designing the furniture from paddy residue.
Develop the culture of conservationedit
Winters bring in aggravated levels of air pollution and a lot of concern for managing the same. Considerable work has been done by regulatory authorities like the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, state governments, the central and state pollution control boards, and ground water authorities, coupled with a very proactive judiciary. There is certainly a perceptible improvement in air and water quality; but with little or no difference to the sources of pollution over the preceding months, winters do present a grave situation.
This paddy harvesting season, Punjab farmers burning stubble, uploading videos on social media tooedit
As farmers of Multania village gathered to burn paddy stubble on Tuesday, they did so in the presence of BKU (Ugrahan) members and also made a video of the field burning. The video with union’s flag clearly visible was later posted on social media with a message that farmers had no choice but to burn stubble as both Centre and state government were not willing to address their problems.
Similar were the scenes in Mansa’s Joga village where farmers recorded a video of stubble burning and even gheraoed a tehsildar who had come to stop them from doing so.
Stubble Burning
Stubble burning share in Delhi’s pollution drops to 10 pc due to change in wind direction: SAFARedit
The share of stubble burning in Delhi’s pollution dropped to 10 per cent on Tuesday due to a change in the wind direction, according to a central government forecasting agency. The Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air quality monitor, SAFAR, said 3,068 farm fires were spotted over Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Monday.
Winds check stubble burning residue in Delhi air, but AQI dips to ‘very poor’edit
After slight improvement, Delhi’s air on Tuesday deteriorated and touched the outer margins of the ‘very poor’ category.
Even though farm fires continued raging in Punjab and Haryana, with more than 3,000 cases being spotted on Tuesday again, a change in the wind direction helped keep the share of stubble fumes on the city’s pollution under check.
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West Bengal To Observe November 4 As Anti-Stubble Burning Dayedit
The West Bengal government on Tuesday decided to observe November 4 as an ‘anti-stubble burning day’, an official said.
The Environment department took the decision in the wake of doctors apprehending that the COVID-19 pandemic may deteriorate with a possible surge in air pollution during the ensuing Diwali and upcoming winter season.
The Agriculture Department will also work towards dissuading farmers from burning stubble, the official said.