In a bid to help manage paddy stubble, the Cabinet of Punjab gave in-principle approval to Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) on Thursday for setting up a compressed biogas (CBG) plant at Rakhra in Patiala, at the site of closed cooperative sugar mills. The CBG plant will be developed in collaboration with Sugarfed. According to an IE report, paddy straw will be used by the plant to produce biogas thereby checking the menace of the burning of paddy stubble. Also, the CBG plant, through organic manure production, will nurture soil fertility. The decision for the setting up of the CBG plant was taken at a virtual Cabinet meeting, which was chaired by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.
