A farmer in Haryana’s Farsh Majra, Virender Yadav found a way to turn stubble waste into a profit in lakhs. His idea is today inspiring 200 farmers in nine villages
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For the past two years, the villagers of Farsh Majra, near Kaithal city, Haryana, claim that no toxic fumes from stubble burning have been emitted from their farms and the neighbouring eight villages.
The phenomena of torching agricultural waste from the farms at the onset of winter in the Northern part of India is an environmentally hazardous event, which is reported every year. Crop burning contributed 44% to Delhi’s PM2.5 level on October 31, as per a report. This was about 20 times higher than the safe threshold limit defined by the World Health Organisation.
Post the harvest season, the farmers go on a stubble burning spree, which causes thick clouds of pollution. This affects the air quality and the smog spreads all across Delhi and the Northern states, affecting the visibility of citizens and…