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Stubble burning : 332 villages fall under red zone, 675 in yellow zone in Haryana

Chandigarh, Sep 22 (UNI) With a view to further curb stubble burning, the Haryana Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department has identified red, yellow/orange and green zones in all districts on the basis of incidences of crop residue burning last year and as many as 332 villages fall under the red zone and 675 in the yellow zone.
Stating this here on Tuesday, Mr Sanjeev Kaushal, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department, said that the state government had also decided to provide financial assistance to all the 11,311 individual farmers who have applied for agricultural implements under the crop residue management scheme ‘Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop’, in the current growing season. Total assistance of about Rs 155 crore at the rate of 50 per cent would be given.
The department would provide 454 balers, 5,820 super seeders, 5,418 zero till seed drills, 2,918 choppers/mulchers, 260 happy seeders, 389 Straw Management Systems, 64 rotary slashers/shrub masters, 454 reversible mould ploughs and 288 reapers to the beneficiaries, he said.
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