National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned age-old agricultural practice of straw burning in pollution-ravaged New Delhi announced by a is a bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the Delhi government.
- Imposition of 2,500 to 15,000 rupees fine on farmers indulged in straw burning. District magistrates should form a committee to carry out awareness programmes for farmers and villagers in order to educate them about the ill-effects of straw burning.
Northern States : Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
About NGT :
- National Green Tribunal (NGT) has been established on 2010 under the National Green Tribunal Act 2010 for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources.
- NGT has directed Respective governments of Delhi and four northern to keep check the bi-annual menace of straw burning
Cause of Straw Burning :-
- Crop burning is expected to be one of the most serious contributors to pollution and the ecology, besides vehicular emission, dust and burning of other materials.
- Straw Burning emits Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Carbon monoxide (CO) andNitrous Oxide (NO) and becomes a major cause of air pollution and it causes loss of nutrients from the soil.
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