To help manage paddy stubble, the Punjab Cabinet Thursday gave in-principle approval to Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) for setting up a compressed biogas (CBG) plant at the site of closed cooperative sugar mills at Rakhra in Patiala.
The plant, to be developed in collaboration with Sugarfed, will use paddy straw to produce biogas thereby checking the menace of paddy stubble burning. It will also nurture soil fertility through organic manure production.
The decision was taken at a virtual Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.
The Cabinet authorized Cooperation Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa to settle all terms & conditions, including that of Land Lease Agreement in respect of 25 acres or more area of the closed sugar mill, to be provided to IOCL for setting up the Plant.
