Chandigarh:
With the Center claiming that stubble burning contributed only 4% to pollution in Delhi, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Thursday that the latest data confirmed his government’s position.
Flaying his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Punjab asked him to “stop lying” to distract from his “failure” to protect the environment of the national capital.
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar in Delhi said that stubble burning contributed only 4% to Delhi-NCR pollution with the rest being caused by local factors.
The Punjab’s chief minister criticized Kejriwal for refusing to accept the results of in-depth studies on the issue.
In fact, it was Mr. Kejriwal who was in denial, Amarinder Singh said in a statement. If Mr Kejriwal is serious about tackling the Delhi crisis, he should immediately stop being in denial and devote himself to finding solutions, the chief minister said.
Mr Kejriwal, the chief minister said, had disseminated “disinformation” on the issue for the sole purpose of keeping the people of Delhi in the dark about the real situation, which his government had “miserably failed” to deal with. over the years.
The point is, there is absolutely no data to back up the Delhi chief minister’s claims, he said, adding that on the contrary, studies have shown that stubble burning was only ‘a tiny part of the nation’s capital problem.
The Indian Institute of Scientific Education and Research (IISER), in a research paper based on data from 2018 and 2019, found that Delhi’s pollution is localized and not attributable to farm fires in the Punjab or in the RCN.
He pointed out that Punjab’s air quality index is much better than Delhi’s.
Amarinder Singh said this is something the Punjab has maintained for several years.
The chief minister said Kejriwal had taken refuge in “brazen lies” to distract public attention from the “utter failure” of the AAP government.
“Even today, the skies in Punjab are clear and AQI levels much better than Delhi,” said Amarinder Singh.
The Chief Minister of Punjab said the main cause of pollution in Delhi was construction and demolition activities.
Punjab’s chief minister said his government was doing its best to reduce stubble burning to purify the air.
Unfortunately, farmers face a huge rice straw management problem in the absence of tax support from the Center despite repeated appeals, he said.
He reiterated his request for Rs 100 per quintal as financial support from the Center to eliminate the problem in the Punjab.
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