Lucknow / Oct 20, 2020
Even as the Supreme Court has adopted a tough stance on stubble burning in the Northern states, the Yogi Adityanath government is keeping satellite vigil on the practice.
According to UP agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi, the state agriculture department was keeping an eye on stubble burning in the agricultural fields through advanced satellite imagery.
The details of such field are fed in the system for taking action on the basis of stubble burning captured in the satellite images. He advised farmers to desist from the unlawful act to avoid penal action.
“The apex court and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) have already declared the burning of stubble as a crime. It also adversely impacts the physical, chemical and organic composition of the soil, while killing beneficial living organisms in the earth,” Shahi lamented.
He suggested farmers to deploy waste management techniques, including decomposer, to preserve the soil’s organic health.
Last year, between October 1 and December 10, 2019, more than 5,510 incidents of stubble burning were reported in UP, while the government took action against 218 individuals, apart from 526 government officials and employees. More than 1,867 police cases were filed and 126 accused persons arrested. The government also slapped fines totalling over Rs 2.37 crore on the accused during this period.
Recently, the SC had constituted a panel to monitor stubble burning in UP, Punjab and Haryana following an alarming rise in the air pollution level in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). The one-man committee helmed by former SC judge M B Lokur will be assisted by the chief secretaries of the respective states.
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