Mining conglomerate Vedanta group said that a biomass manufacturing facility set up with the support of its energy business entity Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd has helped in significantly cutting down farm fire incidents in Mansa, Punjab and also contributed to a reduction in stubble burning.

Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd (TSPL), Vedanta Power’s 1,980 MW supercritical thermal power plant, supported its partners to set up a biomass manufacturing facility of 500 tonnes per day at Mansa in Punjab.

Vedanta said in a statement on Thursday that the data released by the district administration reveals that Mansa has recorded a dramatic decline in stubble burning incidents in harvesting season — from 2,253 cases in 2023 to 618 in 2024, and further down to 306 in 2025, amounting to an 87 per cent reduction

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