Industrial discharge, dairy waste and municipality sewerage of Ludhiana are dangerously pollutes waters of Satluj river. This pollution is causing environment hazard, ecological destruction and chronic diseases in humans and other living beings. Concerned citizens of Ludhiana have raised voice against Satluj pollution from time to time. A team of Agriculture and Environment Center met …
Master Santokh Singh is a retired primary teacher. Now, as farmer he cultivates his land in village Kaleke. He has diversified crop pattern in his fields and has stopped planting paddy by switching back to traditional crops of Punjab. He do not use chemical fertilizers or sprays in his fields and raises his crops in …
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S. Sardara Singh Johal is a renowned economist who had prepared and submitted a report for crop diversification in Punjab in 1986. Later, he revised his diversification report in 2002 for the Punjab Government.
ਚੰਗੇ ਵਾਤਾਵਰਨ ਅਤੇ ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਤਵਾਜ਼ਨ ਨੂੰ ਬਣਾਈ ਰੱਖਣ ਲਈ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਖਿੱਤੇ ਦੇ 33% ਹਿੱਸਾ ਰੁੱਖਾਂ ਦੀ ਛਤਰੀ ਹੇਠ ਹੋਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ 6% ਹਿੱਸੇ ਤੋਂ ਘੱਟ ਉੱਤੇ ਹੀ ਜੰਗਲ ਹਨ ਜਿਸ ਕਾਰਨ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ ਵਾਤਾਵਰਨ ਅਤੇ ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਤਵਾਜ਼ਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਗਾੜ ਆ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ।
ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ ਪਾਣੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਮਸਲੇ ਦੇ ਤਿੰਨ ਅਹਿਮ ਪੱਖ ਹਨ। ਇੱਕ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਨੂੰ ਦਰਿਆਈ ਪਾਣੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਮੁਕੰਮਲ ਹੱਕ ਨਾ ਮਿਲਣੇ, ਦੂਜਾ ਜਮੀਨਦੋਜ਼ ਪਾਣੀ ਦੇ ਪੱਧਰ ਦਾ ਤੇਜੀ ਨਾਲ ਹੇਠਾਂ ਡਿੱਗਣਾ ਅਤੇ ਤੀਜਾ ਪਾਣੀ ਦਾ ਪਰਦੂਸ਼ਣ।
Paddy is a high water intensive crop which is largely responsible for sharp fall in ground water table in Punjab. The government’s policy of assured procurement of paddy on minimum support price has trapped farmers as there is not such procurement policy for alternative crops.
Water pollution and cutting of trees are two serious issues concerning the environmental crisis in Punjab. A team of Agriculture and Environment Center visited Faridkot to meet Gurpreet Singh Chandbaja of Bhai Ghanaiya Cancer Roko Seva Society (Faridkot).
To maintain environmental and ecological balance it is necessary to keep 33% of land under trees. But only 6% of land surface of Punjab is covered by trees.
Bhupinder Singh of Matta village near Jaitu- Kotkapura road in Faridkot district stores rain water in a tank in his courtyard after filtering it with a rooftop rainwater harvesting filters.
Pingalwara says that excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticide has manifested itself in Cancer, female fetal loss, adverse effects on reproductive health.
