In the fields of Punjab ...

In Punjab, Its not only the Factories or Industries who have a major hand in air pollution, but agriculture is also in the line.

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Firstly talking about the air pollution. Well we all have seen sights of agriculture fields set on fire after the harvest and the black ash layered soil left behind.  But the huge amount of pollution caused and the harmful gases released into the air is not taken into account by the farmers.

According to the report generated by The Tribune (published in Dec 30, 2011 print), about 19 million tonnes of paddy residue is burnt every year in Punjab, which is indeed a big value.

Due to this, huge amount of lethal gases generated in air become the cause for respiratory problems. But till date, there is no such law or any ban on this activity.

But an alternate to burning paddy residue can be  decomposing and later using it to enrich the soil. Or The Tribune report says that the left over can also be used to produce energy in co-generation plants to produce electricity.

But what we can do here is to educate our near and knowns who are agriculturist about this issue; Aware other people around us and head towards cleaner air to breathe in our city and state and then country!