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Ludhiana: Deputy commissioner Jitendra Jorwal and Ludhiana rural senior superintendent of police (SSP) Navneet Singh Bains addressed the concerns raised by Akhara villagers regarding the biogas plant ’s environmental impact during a meeting on Monday. They clarified that the plant would exclusively use animal waste (cow dung) for the production of biogas, ensuring it would not harm the environment. During the discussion at the SSP Ludhiana Rural office, the DC said that the farmers were being misled about the negative impacts of biogas plants.
He mentioned that a panel of 14 experts has determined that these plants have “no link” to cancer. Jorwal also noted that the plant is classified as a ‘green-category’ industry and would comply with all environmental regulations established by the govt and other organisations. Additionally, Jorwal also encouraged farmers to sell paddy straw bales to such plants instead of burning them, as it would ensure significant economic opportunities and local employment in their respective villages.
The DC also said that many meetings had been held with the Kisan Talmel Committee by the district administration wherein experts, including scientists, oncologists, and environmentalists, had addressed most of the concerns and clarified all doubts raised by the farmers unions. Meanwhile, Sukhdev Singh Bhundri, coordinator of the coordination committee against such biogas plants, said they don’t know about the meeting. He added that the union and Sangharsh committee would talk on the issue with the govt.
Kanwaljeet Khanna, member of the coordination committee, said the members who attended the meeting were “called” on some other pretext, however, this matter was also raised by the DC. He added that he has been told by the members that they have told the officials clearly that they would not allow such plant to come up in their village. Besides the representatives of Rice Millers Association, additional deputy commissioner Kulpreet Singh, sub-divisional magistrate Simrandeep Singh, superintendent of police Parminder Singh Heer and officers of other departments were also present during the meeting.
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