Onus on us to save environment for posterity: DC Isha Kalia
Amrit Pal Brar
Hoshiarpur, July 9:
A progressive farmer named Jasvir Singh of village Feroz Rolian is engaged in modern farming by conserving water and electricity. Engaged in direct sowing since the last three years, this farmer has this year too gone for direct sowing of paddy in his 12 acre land.
Apart from this, he has installed solar panels for saving electricity and has also taken to allied vocation of Dairy Farming alongside farming which has made him a role model for the other farmers too.
The Deputy Commissioner Isha Kalia appreciating the progressive farmer said that the other farmers must emulate Jasvir Singh and adopt this modern way of farming. The Deputy Commissioner also added that the ground water level is depleting fast and that puts the onus on us all to conserve this precious treasure bestowed by the nature for posterity.
Divulging more, the Deputy Commissioner said that the Punjab Government is planting 550 saplings in every village and this effort is dedicated to the 550th Parkash Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
The Deputy Commissioner also exhorted the masses to come forward in giving fillip to the campaign to save water and plant maximum saplings. The Deputy Commissioner also called upon the farmers to shed traditional crop cycle and opt for alternative farming.
The farmer Jasvir Singh elaborating about his innovative methods said that he is engaged in sowing wheat and paddy in his 12 acres of land and has even used Drum Seeder invented by the Tamilnadu University for the experimental purposes in his fields and he is making use of the same for direct sowing of paddy.
He also said that he has installed meter for checking the draining of tube well water from his fields and he is also using the meter for saving water through irrigation with raingun. He further added that he has also installed solar panels of 3 KW which results in minimal electricity bill.
He further disclosed that he sowed wheat in 2016 without resorting to paddy burning by self manufactured Special Seed Drill. After that, each year he engages in paddy harvesting through combine equipped with the Super Straw Management technique and also going for direct sowing of wheat with Happy Seeder.
The Chief Agricultural Officer Dr. Kulveer Singh Chhina divulged that opting for direct sowing instead of traditional paddy crop leads to saving of water to the tune of 65 percent. He also informed that the directly sown paddy crop doesn’t require daily usage of water but only like the routine crops.
