Tuesday 12 November 2019

To curb stubble burning in rural India

The biggest cause of  pollution is burning of farm waste. Because of lack of farm labor, farm wastes could not be collected and carted away. Government tried to impose fines on farmers who burn wastes. But nobody admits burning farm waste."we do not know who burned it" is the answer from farmers. Farmers can bury the waste and turn it into manure.
How can fining farmers help? As it is farmers survive by subsidies from government.
Supreme Court told the state government of Punjab that pollution is coming from the farms which are in Punjab(satellites show that). And that Punjab government  its a useless government if it cannot control pollution. Now its pinned on the Punjab government. Haryana government should be told this also. Solution shroud be found, blame game wont help. May be robots could be used as farm labor. to uproot stubble collect farm waste and bury waste Small robots circular ones(one foot in diameter) with spider like legs have been used to remove stubble As rural unemployment scheme guarantees benefits to the unemployed, the poor rural do not work and take the free benefits.
Only way to solve the labor problems is to industrialize farming very fast. No farm labor is available.
And why no labor is available? As there is unemployment scheme, labor can meet basic needs using the scheme, without working. We  cannot undo the scheme, as we have made with great difficulty with individual Aadhar card or bio metric card. So industrialization is the only way out. Tractors will need diesel which pollutes air and soil. More pollution, more industrialization. And march of civilization cannot be stopped
As time rolls on, pollutants harm the health of the people negatively.

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