Punjab Agriculture Department successful install 1,476 plants

 The Punjab Agriculture Department has moved a summary to the provincial government to approve a project of 10,000 biogas technology plants to mitigate the energy crisis following the successful installation of 1,476 plants in the 36 districts of the province.

 

Biogas Plant, File Photo: Biogas-technology.blogspot.com

The department has also completed a pilot project of installing biogas supplemented tubewells for irrigation in 11 districts, urging the government to further allow such installations to pass on the benefit to the farmers who are bearing high cost of diesel. High cost of fuel, fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture is not only increasing input costs but also reducing earnings of farmers as well as the government in terms of foreign exchange.
According to department officials each plant with 15 cubic meter size is producing cooking needs of 10 members of a family and if utilized for power, could generate electricity up to two hours. They say dung and water are required to generate biogas energy for each house where the technology is being used.
They say the government had provided Rs72.8 million subsidy for the project of 1,476 plants, which started in 2009 and concluded in June 2013. The department is short of 24 such plants against the target of 1,500 plants and a subsidy of Rs75 million.

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