Supreme Court has Directed Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to prevent their farmers from stubble burning owing to the severe dip in air quality in Delhi. State government had planned to set up bio-fuel plants in every district. Farmers could sell the stubble, along with other agricultural waste, to these plants instead of burning it and causing air pollution.
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When farmers burn stubble, it also destroys beneficial soil bacteria, he noted, adding the agriculturists should ideally dig a pit in their fields for stubble and let it ferment, so that becomes organic compost for boosting soil fertility.
The CM further stressed on creating a Sugar Development Fund for the benefit of the cane farmers. He said the Fund would take steps towards expanding the capacity of state sugar mills, modernising the old plants and investing in other activities that improved the lot of farmers.
Other causes of poor air quality in Delhi
- Lack of active monitoring and reaction by authorities.
- Overpopulation.
- Lack of political priority.
- Motor vehicle emissions are one of the causes of poor air quality.
- Heavy metal rich fire-crackers
- Agricultural stubble burning also affects Delhi’s air quality when crops are being harvested
