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MP: Massive fire breaks out at cowshed in Gwalior, no injuries or animals
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
According to officials, one of the sheds made with paddy straw caught fire, reportedly due to an electrical short circuit, around 3 pm. The fire spread rapidly and soon became uncontrollable.
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MP: Gwalior Zoo takes special measures to protect animals from cold
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The zoo management has installed heaters, bulbs and curtains in various enclosures to ensure the creatures stay warm during the cold weather. The management has tailored the heating arrangements according to the specific needs of different species, ensuring that the animal receives the requi
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Punjab: HPCL to set up 2G bio-refinery plant in Bathinda
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The 2G bio-refinery is designed for the utilization of paddy straw for the production of ethanol for blending with petrol under the Ethanol Blending Program of the Central Government.
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Efforts to reduce paddy straw burning have yielded results: Punjab govt
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Punjab Government's persistent efforts have yielded impressive results and the number of fire counts has reduced from 5798 in 2022 to 2704 in 2023 which is a 53 per cent decrease.
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Captive power plants directed to target 10 pc biomass co-firing by 2023
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The focus should be on paddy straw utilization for such co-firing. Co-firing is an option for converting biomass to electricity by adding biomass as a partial substitute fuel in coal boilers.
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UP govt to partner with Denmark for ethanol production
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Ambassador of Denmark informed that bio methanol and e-methanol are being produced from agricultural waste, wheat, and paddy straws.
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Pollution control, sustainable development efforts get boost from India's
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
In addition, the plant is expected to reduce stubble burning on 40,000-45,000 acres, causing an annual reduction of 1, 50,000 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide emissions and 20,000 MT of fly ash currently produced due to paddy straw burning.
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Need to work together to tackle stubble burning: Bhupender Yadav
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Emphasizing that the Central Government has taken various steps to tackle the issue of stubble burning, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Thursday presided over a workshop to kick start an initiative to tackle stu
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Punjab CM outlines govt's efforts for paddy straw management as stubble bu
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 8 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said that the state government is committed to bailing out the farmers of the state from any sort of natural calamity and efforts are being made for paddy straw management.
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Cases of paddy straw burning drop in Punjab's Ludhiana
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], October 19 (ANI): Cases of paddy straw burning have dropped significantly in Punjab's Ludhiana district, as per the data provided by Crop Residue Burning (CRB) Information and Management System.
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Paddy area in Punjab, Haryana, UP comes down by 7.72 pc
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): Union Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change on Friday informed that the total paddy area in the states of Punjab, Haryana, and eight National Capital Region (NCR) districts of Uttar Pradesh have come down by 7.72 per cent this year as compare
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Ludhiana DC Varinder Kumar Sharma urges farmers to sell paddy straw instea
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], October 15 (ANI): Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma on Thursday urged farmers to sell paddy straw to companies that generate electricity from it, instead of burning it.
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