Cell Set Up For Evaluating Biomass

Under the directives of Punjab Chief Minister a "Crop Biomass" cell has been set up in agriculture department

SIALKOT, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 08th Feb, 2018 ) :Under the directives of Punjab Chief Minister a "Crop Biomass" cell has been set up in agriculture department. The sources in agri department told APP on Thursday that basic aim of setting up the centre was to evaluate biomass from crops waste and to gather information of waste of crops across the province for generating electricity from alternative resources.

They said that the centre would coordinate with firms interested in generating electricity from biomass and also focus attention on research for developing close coordination with national and international institutions having skill of generating electricity from biomass.

The cell would also find out ways and means for minimizing wastage of crops as well as it would made viable recommendations for protection and transportation of crops waste. Punjab was producing over 50 million tones of agri waste every year out of which 6.44 million tones was sugarcane sediment which was being used by sugar industry for power generation, sources added.

Special attention would be accorded on formulating biomass management system and setting up crop waste processing plants in the Punjab, sources added.