Hussain writes to neighbouring states to curb pollution by stubble burning

Ahead of winters, Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain Thursday asked ministers in neighboring states to take preventive and precautionary measures to curb air pollution resulting from stubble burning.

New Delhi, Sep 13 (PTI) Ahead of winters, Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain Thursday asked ministers in neighboring states to take preventive and precautionary measures to curb air pollution resulting from stubble burning.

In a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, UP Environment Minister Dara Singh Chauhan, Rajasthan Environment Minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar and Haryana Environment Minister Vipul Goel, Hussain said the particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) and other secondary pollutants rise in Delhi NCR in the month of October which coincides with crop burning in the neighboring states.

The National Green Tribunal has also requested the neighboring states to submit an action plan for curbing the pollution caused by crop burning after the harvesting season.

"It is therefore requested that authorities concerned may be directed to take preventive, precautionary and controlling measures for air pollution resulting from crop residue so that air pollution levels in Delhi could be restricted during the critical period," he said in the letter.