category Regional, malerkotla , , tags Regional, malerkotla , , DW BUREAU MALERKOTLA To mitigate stubble burning in the District of Malerkotla, CII, in partnership with Fidelity International and Birlasoft launched a crop residue management initiative in 2020 covering 21 villages. Last season 22 more villages were adopted. Through the project, farmers are supported through field training sessions, machinery support, and technical training and handholding and farmers in large numbers have adopted environmentally sustainable alternatives to stubble burning promoted by the project. As a result of the project interventions, about 80 pc of the intervened farmland was stubble-burning-free in 2022. To achieve zero-burning in Malerkotla, CII in partnership with Birlasoft and Fidelity International and with the support of the District Administration organised a farmer outreach event in Banbhaura to launch the Zero-Burning Amargarh Block Campaign. The event was attended by Assistant Registrar, Malerkotla, Mr Karanpartap Singh; Agriculture Development Officer, Malerkotla, Ms Kuldeep Kaur; Assistant Sub Inspector, Malerkotla, Inderdeep Kaur; Co-operative Inspectors from Malerkotla, Robin Verma and Gursimran Singh, Ameet Nayak Head of India Legal and Asia-Pac CoSec, Fidelity International; Amit Handoo, India Risk Oversight Lead, Fidelity International; Mr Vikas Dewan - Senior Legal Counsel, Fidelity International, Mr Chandrakant Pradhan from CII and over 350 farmers. (editor dailyworld.in)