Chhattisgarh govt charts plan to take on stubble burning threat

Even as the national capital reels from severe air pollution allegedly inflicted by burning paddy stubble in the adjoining states,

Chhattisgarh has mooted a plan to deal with the issue.
 

To begin with, the Raipur district administration has launched a campaign codenamed “Paira Daan, Maha Abhiyan (paddy stubble donation, great campaign).” In Chhattisgarh, paddy stubble is called “paira”.
 

Under the campaign, the authorities are appealing to farmers to “donate” the paddy stubble to the “gauthans”, the livestock sheds. These sheds were built in the panchayats under Bhupesh Baghel government’s Godhan Nyay Yojana, launched in 2020. The centres have become a source