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To overcome the challenge of unavailability of paddy straw-based pellets,Punjabnow has two manufacturing units as a pilot project that is likely to start operations this month. After successful trials of using paddy straw pellets as a substitute to coal in the brick kiln Industry<\/a> in Punjab and the industrial boilers, the Punjab Pollution Control Board along with the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology<\/a> (PSCST) had successfully got carried out trials on manufacturing of paddy straw pellets.<\/p>\n

The two pilot projects have come up at Kalbucha village in Patiala district and the other in Moga district, with each having a capacity of 250kgper hour per tonne (PHT). Additional Director PSCST, Pritpal Singh, These two manufacturing units of paddy-straw based stubble will soon be operational. The Patiala-based plant manufacturing unit was about to start its operations but due to request by farmers, it was halted as farmers nearby wanted that there should be no risk to their standing wheat crops.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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