Telangana to set up biogas plant in Gambhiraopet to curb straw burning

Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka announced that Telangana will set up a compressed biogas plant in Gambhiraopet mandal to curb pollution from paddy straw burning and boost farmers’ income.

Rajanna-Sircilla: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said that in order to protect the environment, the state government has come up with an innovative idea of producing biogas by utilizing paddy straws.

Deputy CM along with Ministers D Sridhar Babu, Tummala Nageshwar Rao and Ponnam Prabhakar laid foundation for a compressed biogas plant in Gambhiraopet mandal on Tuesday. The plant will be developed by Biostratam Technologies Private Limited.

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Speaking on the occasion, he said that the air quality index (AQI) has fallen due to the pollution caused by the burning of paddy straws in fields itself. To put an end to pollution, the government has come up with an idea of biogas plants. In order to provide quality air to the farmers, who were providing food to the society, the government has come up with a biogas plant idea.

Besides environmental protection, farmers would also get additional income with biogas plants. In the wake of extensive debate on clean and green energy being done across the world, the government desires the Telangana farmers to follow the footprints of developed countries.

Talking about the irrigation project, deputy CM appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide national status to Dr BR Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella project.

According to AP Reorganization Act, a main irrigation project from Telangana should be accorded national status. So, the central government should provide national status to the Pranahita-Chevella project. Each and every crop produced by farmers has been procured by providing a minimum support price (MSP). So, the Centre must take the entire crop procured by the state, he said.

Vikramarka advised farmers to follow crop changing patterns. Instead of cultivating only paddy, farmers should go for horticulture crops, millets, oil form and other profitable crops. He also laid the foundation for eleven 33/11 kV sub-stations to be developed in Sircilla, Vemulawada and Choppadandi constituencies.