Curbing stubble burning menace: Punjab gives nod to IOCL biogas plant; how it will benefit in checking pollution financialexpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from financialexpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In Punjab, stubble burning takes place every year in 17-18 lakh hectares.
To help manage paddy stubble, the Punjab Cabinet Thursday gave in-principle approval to Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) for setting up a compressed biogas (CBG) plant at the site of closed cooperative sugar mills at Rakhra in Patiala.
The plant, to be developed in collaboration with Sugarfed, will use paddy straw to produce biogas thereby checking the menace of paddy stubble burning. It will also nurture soil fertility through organic manure production.
The decision was taken at a virtual Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.