On Tuesday, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Union Minister of State Environment and Forest Ashwini Chaubey urged farmers to avoid taking shortcuts in the face of the danger stubble-burning poses to air quality and national capital region.
He also called on people to work towards improving air quality, stating that it is everyone’s duty as citizens to look after “mother Nature”.
Choubey spoke at an air quality management event in NCR and adjoining areas (CAQM) organized by the Commission for Air Quality Management and Adjoining Areas in conjunction with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). The purpose of the event was to brainstorm about improving the air quality in the region’s capital.
Choubey spoke out on the topic of stubble burning and appealed for all farmers not to take a shortcut, according to a statement from the ministry.
“If we all do our part to make our environment cleaner, it will be a great gift to our mother earth.” The minister stated that if we don’t care for our mother earth, it won’t care for us.”
Minister also stated that it was the responsibility of every citizen to improve the air around them.
He said, “We as Indian citizens have the sole responsibility to look after our mother nature.”
The ministry stated that the two-day interactive “dialogue towards clean water” included stakeholders from the central government and state governments, polluting control boards, municipal bodies as well as NGOs, NGOs, academia, and industry associations.
“Constructive discussions that included stakeholders from different fields, along with resourceful insight, gave a significant push for the successful implementation of an interactive 2-day dialogue,” it said.
The ministry stated that all the technical sessions, presentations, discussions and workshops were “very stimulating.
Stakeholders representing different fields interacted on issues impacting the air quality throughout the NCR. They also presented “insightful insights,” it said.
It said that the MoEF&CC and the Commission provided continued support and cooperation to all stakeholders in a joint effort to combat the air pollution threat in the NCR.
According to the ministry, the commission has issued 61 directives and 7 advisories so far. It also issued executive orders to various agencies in the NCR, including the governments of Delhi and Punjab, and other bodies of the central or state governments in the area. These orders outlined responsibilities and specific steps to reduce pollution and improve air quality in the region.
It stated that vehicular pollution, industrial emission, stubble burning and roadside dust generation are all issues the Commission is concerned with and has taken every step to issue the necessary Directions and advisories to address them effectively.
(Only headline and photo of this report might have been reworked slightly by Business Standard staff; the rest is auto-generated from syndicated feeds.
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