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Devinder Singh astatine his tract successful Mein Majri, Fatehgarh Sahib. (Express Photo)
Devinder Singh, a husbandman from Kasumbhri colony successful Fatehgarh Sahib but took onshore connected lease successful Mein Majri village, waited for 20 days to get his tract cleared of paddy stubble arsenic helium was not capable to prosecute a baler instrumentality owing to the agelong waitlist. Finally, connected Sunday, helium decided to get a superseeder to sow wheat seeds aft clearing his tract by mounting the remains connected fire.
“As I enactment my tract connected fire, occurrence span and the constabulary rushed to the spot and doused it. I had sought services of a ace seeder owner, who is hard pressed for time, fixed the information that the deadline of sowing wheat volition get implicit connected November 15. I cannot bash thing present arsenic the occurrence brigade has asked maine not to enactment my tract connected fire. If I sow wheat later, determination volition beryllium different problems. I cultivate 50 acres of land, fractional of it taken connected contract. I volition person to wage rent connected the land,” helium said.
In Dadiana village, different husbandman Avtar Singh waited for 15 days to get a baler machine. “I asked the cooperative societies and besides backstage baler instrumentality owners, but nary 1 was available. The full cognition of making bales from stubble, got squeezed successful 2 weeks arsenic the paddy was not being lifted. Now, the machines are overburdened,” helium said, adding that finally, connected Sunday, helium was capable to get a instrumentality aft taking the substance up with authorities.
“Even aft that, lone the baler was made available. Now, bales person been near successful my fields. I person to marque my ain statement to dispose it,” helium said.
With the Supreme Court tightening the noose astir those burning stubble, the farmers person nary different enactment but to negociate it by utilizing CRM machines. However, the precocious request and little enactment unit is adding to the woes of farmers.
BKU person Balbir Singh Rajewal said that they are receiving complaints that bales made retired of stubble were being near by the baler instrumentality owners successful the fields, “There is nary dearth of machines but the monolithic operations of stubble absorption is being done successful a abbreviated play of time. Now, the baler instrumentality owners are asking for Rs 1500 per acre for clearing the field. Farmers are telling them that they are giving them stubble escaped of outgo but inactive they are being charged. We had lodged complaints and immoderate lawman commissioners person besides asked these instrumentality owners to enactment their enactment together. At immoderate places, complaints person worked but astatine immoderate places, these person not.”
Jasbir Singh, who owns 5 baler machines and operates successful Macchiwara and Katani areas of Ludhiana, said that the machines are being utilized passim the day. “Each instrumentality tin marque bales successful 15 to 20 acres everyday. Sometimes, machines make a snag and sometimes operator and different labourers are not available. This has delayed operations but we are managing. I person afloat bookings for the adjacent 10 days. I recognize the problems of farmers, but I don’t person immoderate unfastened slot of accommodate them,” helium said.
He added that helium takes the bales to cardboard factories successful Amloh and Ropar. “We bash not complaint a azygous penny from the farmers. The authorities gives america machines connected subsidy. Sometimes, we person to transport bales to arsenic acold arsenic Dina Nagar also. We walk connected labour and diesel from our pocket. A instrumentality consumes diesel worthy Rs 1-1.5 lakh successful a season. The factories volition wage america later,” helium said. Some baler instrumentality owners person acceptable up dumps successful villages to prevention clip and labour of transporting these instantly to factories, alloy units utilizing stubble arsenic substance and CBG units. In Rupalheri colony successful Fatehgarh Sahib, 1 specified dump has been acceptable up adjacent the Mandi.
Punjab main caput KAP Sinha said that determination was nary shortage of machines. “Enough fig of machines are connected the ground. Deputy Commissioners successful each territory is connected the occupation to marque definite the operations are smooth. If you spell around, you volition spot that the fig of fires has travel down. If you person immoderate ailment astir machines not disposable conscionable bring it to my notice. We are determination to assistance farmers negociate stable.”
According to the government, Punjab has 1.45 lakh machines for handling harvest residue. This year, the authorities has sanctioned 21,958 harvest residue absorption (CRM) machines and farmers person already procured 14,587 machines connected subsidy truthful acold this year.
During the existent twelvemonth 9010 Super Seeder machines were pressed into fields. As galore arsenic 1,383 Zero Till Drill, 627 RMB Plough, 595 balers, and 590 rakes were pressed. As galore arsenic 620 Customer Hiring Centres (CHCs) person besides been established crossed the authorities truthful acold to facilitate tiny and marginal farmers successful accessing CRM machinery for effectual harvest residue absorption post-paddy harvesting.
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