With bristle burning instances inching in the direction of the 69,000 mark this year in Punjab, professionals are criticizing long-duration selections for increasing ranch fires and also for likewise taking a substantial toll on the state’s ground water.
The areas where much longer selections are expanded are primarily the ones where much more stubble fires are reported. The lengthy selections supply much less time to take care of bristle via in-situ and also ex-situ approaches.
Preferably farmers require 20 to 25 days in between paddy harvesting and also wheat sowing to take care of the bristle correctly, yet with the lengthy selections this moment is decreased to 5 to 10 days.
Though the state has actually reduced the total location under long period of time selections to simply 18 percent in 2018, yet the location under these plants has actually boosted this year once more and also currently 32.5 percent location is under long period of time selections in the state.
According to the Punjab Farming Division, there was 26.05 lakh hectares under paddy in the state out of which around 8.34 lakh hectares was under long period of time selections this year.
The long period of time selections consist of mostly PUSA-44, which was established in the year 1993 by the PUSA institute, New Delhi, Peeli Pusa and also Dogar Pusa as both these selections are in your area offered to farmers.
None of these 3 selections are suggested by Punjab Farming College (PAU), which has actually established six brief period selections in the previous one years.
” These are the non-descriptive selections and also we never ever advise these, yet farmers in a number of areas are not prepared to leave them as they are thought about high return selections,” claimed Dr Buta Singh Dhillon, Agronomist (Rice), PAU, Ludhiana, including that these selections are 20-25 days longer than the brief selections which implies they take 5-6 added waterings cycles and also the return is around 2 quintals much more per acre than the brief selections.
Additionally even more return implies even more bristle as PUSA selections are 4-6 inches much longer than the brief selections and also create around 2 percent much more stubble than the much shorter selections, claimed professionals, including that when lakhs of hectares are under it after that also 2 percent much more stubble concerns a substantial quantity.
PUSA-44 was incredibly popular amongst the farmers till a years back and also was expanded in the whole state.
According to the Punjab Remote Noticing Centre (PRSC) Ludhiana, in Punjab total amount 68,922 stubble burning instances were tape-recorded till November 16 out of which optimum fires were reported from the areas having a substantial location under PUSA-44
According to the Punjab Farming division these selections are primarily planted in Sangrur (60 percent of complete paddy location), Patiala (60 percent), Barnala (70 percent). Aside from this, Mansa, Ludhiana, Faridkot, Moga and also Bathinda areas likewise brought 50 percent, 46 percent, 44 percent, 40 percent and also 30 percent location, specifically, under PUSA-44 In Mukatsar, Fazilka likewise 25 percent and also 16 percent location is under these, specifically.
The stubble burning numbers are likewise high in these area as Sangrur has greatest 7,827 stubble fires, Moga (6,387), Ludhiana (5,682), Patiala (5,183), Barnala (4,283), Bathinda (4,323), Mukatsar Sahib (4,197), Faridkot (3,856), Mansa (2,983) Fazilka (2,032), and also Ferozepur (6,057).
PRSC documents likewise disclosed that the fires in the majority of these areas started in the 3rd week of October just when the harvesting of lengthy selections started as till October 22 there were just 90 stubble burning instances in Sangrur which is currently on top.
Till day, 76.6 percent of the complete stubble burning events have actually happened in these 11 areas alone and also bulk of them happened after October 31.
There are couple of areas which go with brief selections, yet still tape-recorded high burning instances. These are Tarn Taran (4102) and also Amritsar (2,138) in Majha area and also Jalandhar (2,492) in Doaba area. Tarn Taran and also Amritsar go with veggie sowing in very early October as a result of which they establish areas ablaze to stay clear of hold-up of veggie sowing and also Jalandhar is the center of seed potato plant which is likewise planted in the October month itself.
Why are long-duration selections responsible
PUSA -44, and also Pili Pusa are 160 days and also 165 days long selections consisting of the 30 days of baby room which is hair transplanted right into the major area. The harvesting of these lengthy selections begins in October 3rd week and also proceeds till November initial week while harvesting of brief selections begins with September and also finishes by October 2nd week. Wheat sowing begins with November 1 and also about 80-85 percent sowing of wheat ended up by November20 With longer selections, farmers obtain simply one week to 10 days time to plant the major wheat plant in the state which is not adequate to take care of the bristle. Also on November 16, 1,757 burning instances were tape-recorded and also greater than 85 percent from these areas with long-duration selections just.