Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday expressed delight over the success rate of a Pusa Institute-made bio-decomposer and urged other states to follow Delhi’s footprints in reducing pollution caused due to stubble burning.

A Union government undertaking “WAPCOS went to 15 villages across four districts and interacted with 79 farmers. Based on that information, the WAPCOS has said Delhi farmers are happy after using the decomposer and its results are encouraging,” Kejriwal said while addressing a virtual press meet on Monday.

“As per the report, 90 per cent of farmers said stubble in their farmland decomposed within 15-20 days and their fields were ready for the next season’s crop. Earlier, they had to plough their land six to seven times to grow wheat, however, after using the bio-decomposer, it took them only 2-3 ploughings.”

“About 50 per cent of farmers accepted that the usage of DAP manure per acre reduced to 36-40 per cent from earlier 46 per cent, resulting in an 8 per cent increase in the production of the wheat crop,” the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal added quoting the report. Kejriwal said earlier fines were being imposed on farmers for stubble burning, but it was not their fault but the government’s responsibility to resolve the problem.He urged the Central government to encourage other states to follow Delhi’s model so that farmers in the neighbouring states can also take advantage of this facility.

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