Ban on burning stubble in India : Global Warming

Target:

The Prime Minister of India and all Chief Ministers of states.

Sponsored by:

Incidents of burning of paddy and wheat stubble continue unabated in India even though the district authorities have imposed a ban on it. Blackened fields can be witnessed on both sides of the national highways, thick smoke can be found emanating from the flames on the fields here and there. District Magistrates had recently promulgated prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, banning burning of all kinds of stubble on the fields. The orders said farmers violating the ban orders would be prosecuted under the law. Although ban orders are issued every time when paddy or wheat crop is harvested, these hardly prove any deterrent for the farmers, who burn their stubble with impunity. We burn stubble on the field as it is convenient for us. If we cut the residue of wheat or paddy crops after their harvesting by combines, the labour cost will be so high that it will prove prohibitive. Also it will take us much longer to prepare the fields for the next crop, said a farmer requesting anonymity, who has burnt stubble on his fields despite the ban. The practice of burning crop residue on fields has increased ever since harvesting combines have taken place of normal harvesters. Earlier, crops harvested manually were fed into harvesters and hence no stubble was left on the fields. Cutting the residue manually is too costly, while there are still few reapers in the area. Burning of stubble not only causes a great amount of suffocation and air pollution for the residents of nearby places, it also affects the productivity of the soil adversely. Stubble burning kills the much needed micro nutrients and friendly pests in the soil thereby affecting the soil quality adversely, said an agriculture expert. The reason why farmers burn their stubble despite a ban is that no action has ever been taken against any farmer for violation of these orders. instead of burning the stalks left after harvest, farmers should use them for compost and livestock feed.
Ban on Combine Harvester Free Movement Inter State in India
-Naresh Kadyan

Burning stubble in India creates problems for environment, animals, flora and fauna, human beings as well, we all are responsible for spoiling nature and disturbing Eco-balance due to our own illegal acts. There are few points to be viewed and necessary directions may kindly be issued for strict compliance :
National Security Act shall be imposed on the offenders, Combine machine be seized and inter District movement of this machine be banned, speed limit be allowed below 10 kms per hour at the time of registration as well. At present local administration issued instructions as per provisions 144 CrPc but not serious to arrest the accused as per section 188 IPC, instead of burning the stalks left after harvest, farmers should use them for compost and livestock feed.
Ban on Combine Harvester Free Movement Inter State in India
- Naresh Kadyan

signature
goal: 100,000

272
signatures!

50 log in or sign up to start earning Butterfly Credits today!

learn more »

Already a Care2 member? log in. Or,

connect with Facebook

Name

optional

Don't display my name

Country

Address

City

State

Province

Zip code Postal code

Increase your signature's impact by personalizing your letter

I agree to Care2's terms of service.

We respect your privacy. Your email address is used to confirm your signature and is NOT displayed publicly.

We signed the "Ban on burning stubble in India : Global Warming" petition!

# 272:

6:47 pm PST, Nov 20, Jonathan Stephenson, New Hampshire

# 271:

11:23 am PST, Nov 20, Barbara Campbell, Texas

# 270:

11:01 am PST, Nov 20, Terrie Williams, Texas

# 269:

10:31 am PST, Nov 20, David Bequeaith, Iowa

# 268:

3:08 am PST, Nov 20, Diana Arikane, Ireland

# 267:

6:25 am PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, Singapore

# 266:

4:41 pm PST, Nov 17, Judith Akins, Georgia

# 265:

12:26 pm PST, Nov 17, Amit Jadhav, United Kingdom

# 264:

8:47 am PST, Nov 16, MARTI RUSSICK, Michigan

# 263:

4:51 am PST, Nov 16, Philippe Dawance, Belgium

# 262:

4:59 pm PST, Nov 15, Jaime Cammarata, RD, Pennsylvania

# 261:

1:13 pm PST, Nov 15, Teri Johnson, Tennessee

# 260:

12:59 am PST, Nov 15, JennyLynn Werner, Arizona
We must protect and preserve what we have left while we still can. Our children and grandchildren will know what we were willing to do, and not willing to do, for them.

# 259:

11:05 am PST, Nov 14, Brad Miller, Kansas

# 258:

9:30 am PST, Nov 14, Keri Singleton, Michigan

# 257:

8:37 am PST, Nov 14, Candy LeBlanc, California

# 256:

9:50 pm PST, Nov 13, Samantha Trosky, Illinois

# 255:

6:10 pm PST, Nov 13, Erin Reese, Texas

# 254:

8:46 pm PST, Nov 12, Molly Mnld, Antarctica

# 253:

4:24 pm PST, Nov 12, Maya Kasabov, Colorado

# 252:

12:36 pm PST, Nov 12, Anja MM, Germany

# 251:

10:27 am PST, Nov 12, Ruth Bescript, Arizona
There was no forethought put into this.

# 250:

6:10 am PST, Nov 12, Ana Maria Carvalho, Brazil

# 249:

12:31 pm PST, Nov 11, Sandy Gilbert, California

# 248:

9:03 am PST, Nov 11, Lisa Shaw, Canada

# 247:

3:13 am PST, Nov 11, Eli Is Here, Pennsylvania

# 246:

12:11 am PST, Nov 11, Sandra Williamson, Colorado

# 245:

9:56 pm PST, Nov 10, Melissa Conrad, Utah

# 244:

8:25 pm PST, Nov 10, Birdie Beep, Texas

# 243:

5:50 pm PST, Nov 10, Cyn Sopel, Canada

# 242:

11:10 am PST, Nov 10, Pam Wilkinson, Michigan

# 241:

10:48 am PST, Nov 10, Marc Rubin, New Jersey

# 240:

4:12 am PST, Nov 10, Ruth S., Germany

# 239:

1:44 am PST, Nov 10, Charming King, India

# 238:

7:56 pm PST, Nov 9, Sharief Baker, India
I agree with you Naresh.

# 237:

6:41 pm PST, Nov 9, Linda Bescript, Arizona
It's time we start rethinking our damaging actions.

# 236:

5:39 pm PST, Nov 9, B. Mioduski, Pennsylvania
Plant trees for life.......................

# 235:

5:34 pm PST, Nov 9, Elisa Minakis, Canada

# 234:

2:15 pm PST, Nov 9, Jennifer Kilgore, Arkansas

# 233:

10:54 am PST, Nov 9, Anne Romanow, Illinois

# 232:

8:31 am PST, Nov 9, Susan Hall - Amado, Canada

# 231:

2:10 am PST, Nov 9, Saagar Shetty, India

# 230:

11:58 pm PST, Nov 8, Alice Diane, New Jersey

# 229:

10:40 pm PST, Nov 8, Josephia Tania, Indonesia

# 228:

9:24 pm PST, Nov 8, Maddie Burke, California

# 227:

8:59 pm PST, Nov 8, Pauline Fuit, Australia
India needs to be educated in many ways.

# 226:

8:58 pm PST, Nov 8, Jae Matos, Texas

# 225:

3:54 pm PST, Nov 8, Ma Anton, New York

# 224:

1:54 pm PST, Nov 8, Audra Raulinaitis, Illinois

# 223:

12:42 pm PST, Nov 8, Songbird Bergstrom, North Carolina
I agree with Naresh 100%

# 222:

10:17 am PST, Nov 8, Carlo Lopez, Italy

# 221:

10:10 am PST, Nov 8, Shoshana Simon, California

# 220:

9:36 am PST, Nov 8, Carl Rosenstock, Wisconsin

# 219:

8:04 am PST, Nov 8, Laura Elena Doltu, Romania

# 218:

4:03 am PST, Nov 8, Mick Gill, Australia

# 217:

11:11 pm PST, Nov 7, Jason Bowman, California

# 216:

8:21 pm PST, Nov 7, Phyllis Pleasants, Virginia

# 215:

7:48 pm PST, Nov 7, Charlene McCann, New York

# 214:

6:59 pm PST, Nov 7, Jennifer Gardner, Florida

# 213:

6:42 pm PST, Nov 7, Hazel Seymour, Canada

# 212:

6:12 pm PST, Nov 7, Valerie Hildebrand, Canada

# 211:

4:56 pm PST, Nov 7, Debby Stephan, Michigan

# 210:

4:17 pm PST, Nov 7, WarriorForPeace Tsalagi, Oklahoma

# 209:

3:17 pm PST, Nov 7, Sinikka D., Finland

# 208:

3:04 pm PST, Nov 7, Lisa Koehl, Connecticut
Please offer farmers incentives NOT to burn stubble ..and take harsh measures against those who continue to burn stubble..even after incentives have been brought in..a bit of carrot and a bit of stick can work wonders in changing behaviors.

# 207:

2:43 pm PST, Nov 7, Mary Hockett, Alabama

# 206:

2:25 pm PST, Nov 7, Philippe Ducreux, France

# 205:

1:51 pm PST, Nov 7, KRISTEN BREITWEG, Florida
THIS MUST STOP NOW...

# 204:

1:36 pm PST, Nov 7, Sally Tinkham, New Hampshire

# 203:

12:40 pm PST, Nov 7, Mary Foley, Ireland

# 202:

12:03 pm PST, Nov 7, Darling Diaz Ortega, Colombia

# 201:

12:01 pm PST, Nov 7, Cynthia Davis, Virginia

View Signatures:
|<
<
272
200
150
100
50
>
>|