Around this time every year we hear of foul air in and around capital city Delhi caused by stubble burning. On days this reaches such level that it becomes difficult to breathe also. Read about this story of a Punjab farmer, who stopped stubble burning long back.
When his son got married last year, Gurbachan Singh told the bride’s parents that there would be no baraat. He did not want to impose on his future in-laws the huge cost of entertaining the boy’s side. But Gurbachan did have one condition: Satnam Singh, the father of the bride, had to stop burning paddy stubble. And Satnam had instantly accepted.
“It had to start from my family if I was to persuade others,” says Gurbachan. His bargain with Satnam achieved two things — a non-wasteful wedding, and another farmer on his side against stubble burning.
Gurbachan (57) stopped burning stubble in the 40 acres that he farms with his brother Gurdev almost two decades ago in Burj Deva Singh village.
Read more of this in a report by Navjeevan Gopal published in The Indian Express....
