The Secretary to the Environment Minister of Delhi has written a letter in this regard to the Private Secretary of the Union Minister.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday sought an appointment with Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav to discuss measures to reduce pollution in the national capital.
The Secretary to the Environment Minister of Delhi has written a letter in this regard to the Private Secretary of the Union Minister.
Mr Kejriwal had said on Monday that he would call the Union environment minister with an audit report of Pusa Bio-Decompressor, a microbial solution that can convert stubble into compost in 15-20 days and let them distribute it to the states around Delhi. to be directed to. Free to farmers.
He had said that the use of Pusa Bio-Decomposer has been found to be highly effective in an audit conducted by a central agency.
The Delhi government last year experimented with a solution devised by scientists from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi.
Former Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar had said last year that the Pusa bio-decomposer would be tried out in some areas of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and if the technology was found successful, it would be extended to more areas.
Farmers say that there is a short window of 10-15 days between harvesting of paddy and sowing of wheat and they burn stubble as it is a cheaper and time-consuming way to manage straw and prepare their fields for the next crop. Saving way.
Last year, the share of stubble burning in Delhi’s PM2.5 pollution rose to 40% on November 1.
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