Sant Seechewal's efforts saved 550 acres land of rice stubble from burning in the fields
Stubble was collected and sent to
biomass plant
Fighting to keep the environment
of Punjab clean Environment Lover Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal this time saved
about 550 acres land of rice stubble from burning in the fields and the stubble
of these farmers was collected and sent to biomass plant. Whereas 265 acres of
stubble was collected last year. Stubble collecting machine that was received
in charity was handed over to the committee made of the farmers. The stubble is
collected every year by the farmers and sent to biomass plant.
Sewadar Gurwinder Singh Boparai
told that this season stubble was collected in the fields by more than 100
farmers of two dozen villages in Jalandhar and Kapurthalla districts. He said
that dedicated to 550th Prakash Purb of Shree Guru Nanak Dev Ji, A campaign to
keep the environment clean and tidy, double target was fixed. But due to hard
work by the Seechewal team more than double the stubble was collected and a
record was made. This year the stubble was collected from 550 acres of land.
In order to run this campaign
successfully the farmer Harpal Singh gave his land on lease and helped the
other farmers and carried out his duty sincerely. Sant Seechewal told that for
this mission two tractor machines and nine tractor trolley were used and more
than 35 youths were engaged in binding the bundles and helping in loading. The
least expenses have been charged per acre from the farmers. He said that now
farmers are becoming aware of towards environment. The farmers have waited more
than a week for their turn for collection of the stubble and have not burnt the
stubble. Farmer Tega Singh who has been mixing the stubble in his fields for
the last 6 years said that taking motivation from Sant Seechewal the farmers of
Dona area have taken an initiative to gather stubble instead of burning it. Farmer
Tega Singh told that he has been ploughing stubble in the fields and due to it
he has to use less manure for the next crop. He said that the big farmers have
purchased their machinery but Sant Seechewal is helping the small farmers.
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