Will set up 1-2 biofuel plants in all 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh
All India Bhartiya Kisan Union Coordinator Yudhvir Singh said farmers will take time to switch to other crops but the government should promote crop diversification by providing some incentive.
'The government should give us subsidy on machinery which we buy from other than the empanelled suppliers', says a farmer
Wind direction shows stubble plume could increase from Punjab and Haryana, and Delhi facing adverse air quality despite the cleanest Diwali night in the last many years, says Delhi govt
The Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality monitor, SAFAR, on Monday predicted that the share of smoke from stubble burning in Delhi's PM 2.5 concentration is likely to jump to 25 per cent on Tuesday
Farmers in Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh burn paddy straws to prepare the field for the next crop around October
Particles from stubble burning combined with industrial pollution and intensified with vehicle exhaust and dust envelop the region every year as winter approaches
The party said it will submit memorandums to the deputy commissioners of each district in the state to seek stoppage of undue harassment of farmers
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) also came out in support of the farmers and resorted to stubble burning in Karnal