Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week met Delhi’s Vidyut Mohan, whose award-winning innovation is expected to drastically reduce the national capital’s air pollution, which worsens during the winter season due to several factors, including stubble burning. Is.
During his visit to Glasgow, Scotland, the Prime Minister met Mohan, who has co-founded Takachar, a recycling firm. In September this year, Takachar was selected for Prince William’s GBP 1 million Earthshot Prize. The firm was named the winner for its inexpensive, small-scale, portable technology that converts crop residues into salable bio-products.
Mohan said the prime minister was curious about his winning agricultural waste recycling project. “It was such an honor to meet the Prime Minister, who was very curious about my winning agricultural waste recycling project and had some very encouraging words about scaling it up to help farmers across India,” Mohan said.
Takachar was chosen for his efforts to tackle the serious health effects of burning agricultural waste, a major cause of air pollution and low life expectancy, on people in and around Delhi.
Prize analysts noted: “Takachar has developed an inexpensive, small-scale, portable technology that connects to tractors in remote farms. The machine converts crop residues into salable bio-products such as fuels and fertilisers.”
“Takachar’s technology reduces smoke emissions by up to 98 percent which will help improve air quality that currently reduces the life expectancy of the affected population by five years. If this is extended, it would be one year can reduce one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide in the U.S.: The victory of India’s farmers will be a victory in the fight against climate change,” he added.
Today, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said that Mohan’s award-winning innovation turns agricultural waste into fuel – not only for reduction in stubble burning but also creating an additional financial avenue. “There’s a lot of potential for radical change,” he tweeted.
Delhi’s air quality has slipped into the ‘severe’ category in the last one week.
The Air Quality Forecasting Agency (SAFAR) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences said today that the city’s air quality is still in the ‘severe’ category, as it appears to be more effective than fire due to a large influx of stubble-related pollutants. The fire count has been observed. The forecast was assumed in its earlier model.
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