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Maharashtra Drought: Nanded Restricts Crop Residue Industrial Use to Save Fodder
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News18•08-10-2026, 11:45
Maharashtra Drought: Nanded Restricts Crop Residue Industrial Use to Save Fodder
- •The Nanded district administration has banned the large-scale purchase, transportation, and industrial use of crop residues to secure adequate fodder for livestock during drought.
- •Collector Rahul Kardile issued the order after 14 out of 16 talukas in Nanded were declared drought-affected due to below-average rainfall.
- •Authorities noted that industries were purchasing large quantities of soybean residue, dry stalks, sugarcane trash, and bagasse for use as fuel in biomass and biocoal processes.
- •The administration is promoting a fodder awareness campaign to encourage farmers to process crop residues like soybean, wheat, sorghum, and sugarcane into nutritious animal feed.
Key Questions Answered
The Nanded district administration has imposed restrictions on the large-scale purchase, transportation, and unnecessary industrial use of crop residues to ensure adequate fodder availability for livestock amid drought conditions.
Industries have been purchasing agricultural residues like soybean residue, dry stalks, sugarcane trash, and bagasse in large quantities to use as fuel in biomass, biocoal, and other industrial processes.
Out of the 16 talukas in Nanded district, 14 have been included among the 265 drought-declared talukas across Maharashtra due to below-average rainfall.
