https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU COIMBATORE FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2019 NATION 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Enforcing a ban will not end the menace of stubble burning, say researchers (for straw management) or ing. The Environment Minis­ about ₹5,000 an acre, as abstain from burning, said ‘Farmers must be enforcing the State­led ban ters of these States as well as The Hindu has previously Dr. Friedrich. On average, educated on its on the practice — are unlike­ top officials at the Centre de­ reported. the input costs of farmers ly to solve the problem. clared a “zero tolerance” who burned straw were monetary costs’ Farmer cooperative policy on the burning of Mixed results about ₹40,000 per acre and JACOB KOSHY groups — a key link between stubble, which has been es­ However, the success of those who didn’t about NEW DELHI the government and farmers timated to contribute these efforts has been ₹25,000 per acre but the in­ — ought to be playing a more anywhere from 7% to 78% of mixed, even though stubble­ comes of those who burned Only educating farmers active role in educating the particulate matter­emis­ fires in 2018 were fewer than and those who didn’t were about the monetary costs of farmers, say key authors as­ sion load in Delhi during in 2017 and 2016, according closer — about ₹60,000 and burning stubble can address sociated with the study. winter. to satellite maps by indepen­ ₹50,000 respectively. the environmental crisis The Centre has spent dent researchers. “There needs to be grea­ triggered every year in Pun­ Cheap solution about ₹600 crore in subsi­ In their interviews, the re­ ter participation by village jab, says a team of Swiss and “The main message is that dising farm equipment via searchers found that farm­ cooperatives in being able to Indian researchers who in­ farmers are not to blame village cooperatives to ena­ ers who had bigger land­ impose social norms that terviewed 600 farmers over (for the pollution crisis),” Burning issue: A file photo of a worker burning paddy straw or leftover stubble on the ble farmers to access them holdings were more likely to would dissuade burners,” two years. Burning stubble, says Max Friedrich, a post­ outskirts of Mohali in Punjab. * AKHILESH KUMAR and avoid stubble burning. burn straw; those who used said Banalata Sen, an inde­ the rice chaff left over after doctoral researcher at the In 2018, Punjab had dis­ combine harvesters (for cut­ pendent public health pro­ harvesting, is linked to win­ Swiss Federal Institute of On average, about 20 mil­ popularity of deploying quality in the capital in win­ bursed about 8,000 farm ting the straw) as opposed to fessional, associated with ter air­pollution in the State Aquatic Science and Tech­ lion tonnes of straw are gen­ stubble­burning as a quick ter. implements to individual manual labourers were the study, coordinated by as well as down­wind Delhi. nology (Eawag). “There are erated in Punjab, and they and cheap solution. In 2013, the National farmers and set up 4,795 more likely to engage in Ranas Mosler (affiliated to According to the team, deeper causes beyond eco­ barely have two to three For about a decade now, Green Tribunal issued a di­ custom hiring centres, from burning; and those who Eawag), the Centre for Sus­ the government’s efforts — nomic incentives or aware­ weeks to dispose them of the Delhi and the Centre rective to Punjab, Haryana where such machinery burnt or didn’t burn were tainable Agriculture (CSA), earmarking funds for spe­ ness about the health conse­ and prepare the fields for have held this practice res­ and Uttar Pradesh asking could be leased. The cost of equally aware of the steps Hyderabad and Kethi Virasat cialised farming equipment quences of burning at play.” the next crop. Hence the ponsible for the abysmal air them to ban stubble burn­ hiring these machines was and procedures required to Mission (KVM), Jaitu, India. IN BRIEF CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Dry days Cash­strapped Jet cuts more domestic flights Service from Delhi to all metros, except Mumbai, cancelled Aditya Anand Petrol price cut by 7 Mumbai paise, diesel dips 8 paise NEW DELHI After pulling out of Abu Dha­ Petrol prices declined by 7 bi, Manchester and Hong paise across the metropolitan Kong over the past 48 hours, cities on Thursday after Jet Airways on Thursday remaining unchanged for the slashed its domestic sche­ last two days, data from the dule by cutting departures Indian Oil Corporation’s from Delhi to all metro ci­ website showed. In Delhi, ties, except Mumbai. petrol was priced at ₹72.71 A look at the schedules per litre, down from ₹72.78 from Delhi showed that, on on Wednesday. In Kolkata, Thursday, there were no Critical period: The Naresh Goyal­led Jet Airways is facing its Mumbai and Chennai, price of domestic departures to Ben­ worst financial crisis, with debt exceeding $1 billion. the fuel was at ₹74.79, galuru, Hyderabad, Chennai ₹78.33 and ₹75.52 per litre and Kolkata. The cash­ respectively. IANS strapped airline has also stopped accepting bookings Pilots write to PM Renowned artist Haku for the Mumbai­Hong Kong Asian News International aviation as fares will Shah passes away at 85 flight beyond March 22. The New Delhi increase due to a reduction NEW DELHI Delhi­Hong Kong service The pilots of financially­ in capacity, and travelling Renowned artist Haku Shah, was cancelled overnight. strapped Jet Airways have public will face major best known for his themes of The Naresh Goyal­led Jet urged Prime Minister inconvenience,” said the tribal and folk art, passed #70929 is facing its worst financial Narendra Modi and Civil National Aviators Guild, the away on Thursday following a Tough times: A boy drags his goats on the bed of Jaypur dam, in Aurangabad on Thursday. The drought situation in Maharashtra crisis, with debt exceeding Aviation Minister Suresh registered trade union of Jet cardiac arrest at his home in is likely to get severe as dams are left with less than 32.88% water stock of the total storage capacity. * YOGESH LONDHE $1 billion. The carrier, which Ahmedabad. He was 85. Shah Prabhu to instruct the Airways’ Indian pilots. 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PTI MCI clears the long-existing confusion about the validity of the entrance test change the dynamics of unheard,” read the letter. Domestic flights DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Maoists ‘apologise’ for Bindu Shajan declaration of result, entit­ uate Medical Course in a Fo­ after May 2018, shall have to On Thursday, Jet cancelled killing school teacher Perappadan ling a candidate to pursue reign Medical Institution mandatorily qualify the 73 of its 117 departures from the ATR 72­500 fleet,” an air­ tures it normally operates. NEW DELHI MUMBAI MBBS or equivalent medical (Amendment) Regulation, NEET for admission to MBBS Mumbai. Similarly, in Delhi line official said, speaking on In Kolkata, 8 out of 10 depar­ Days after a school teacher The National Eligibility­cum­ course including pre­medi­ 2019.” course, besides fulfilling the it operated only 31 of the 106 condition of anonymity. tures were cancelled, with was killed by Naxals in Entrance Test (NEET) score cal/language course, if any, Meanwhile, these latest eligibility criteria for admis­ published departures. From Bengaluru, Jet oper­ just one each to Guwahati Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli is valid for three years for In­ followed by MBBS or equiva­ amendments are to come in­ sion to the MBBS course pre­ Of the 31 flights from Del­ ated only 3 flights: one each and Mumbai taking off. district, the rebels have dian students wanting to lent medical course.” to