Educate farmers about stubble-burning and ensure they are not harassed: CM Yogi tells officials

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday directed officials to inform and educate farmers about the ill-effects of stubble burning.

The Chief Minister also asked officials to ensure that farmers are not harassed or misbehaved when action is taken against stubble burning.

CM Yogi called for launching an awareness campaign so that the farmers could be taught on how this impacts their farm land and how they can put stubble to good use to augment their income.

The Chief Minister also said new experiments to use crop residue should be encouraged and projects to prepare biofuel/power from stubble should be reviewed.

“The farmers should be made aware of the impacts of stubble burning on environment and pollution caused by it and asked the Agriculture Department to run awareness programmes for this. It should be ensured that farmers should not be misbehaved with or harassed while taking action against stubble burning,” an official statement quoted CM Yogi said.

“Effective use of stubble can help farmers in increasing their income,” CM Yogi said, according to the statement.