Instead of blame game, Haryana CM Khattar asks Kejriwal to meet him for solution of Delhi NCR pollution
Chandigarh, November 13: Recent air pollution in Delhi NCR and some parts of Haryana has created a high alarming situation. Normal life is totally disrupted while school, colleges are shut down. In this situation, the blame game of politics has also started. Recently Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal blamed farmers of Punjab and Haryana as he held burning crop stubble as a reason for the pollution. In reply to Delhi CM’s allegation, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar wrote a letter asking for collaborative action rather than blaming each other.
"It's an economic problem. Unless the governments there don't find economically viable alternatives, this won't stop," the Delhi Chief Minister said previously on stubble burning.
Haryana CM asked Delhi CM Kejriwal to come out of a narrowly limited mindset of electoral interests. He also raised the question that some 4000 families who cultivate around 40000 hectares in Delhi, what are Delhi government’s steps to keep them away from stubble burning. He told how Haryana took initiatives for better crop residue management by using 39 crores fund leading to define in a number of stubble burning cases.
Finally, he called upon Delhi CM for a meeting as he will be in Delhi for almost one day from 13th November. For solving the problem of contaminated air in Delhi NCR, he asked Delhi CM to meet anytime.
Whereas Delhi CM alleged for not getting a reply from Punjab and Haryana, Haryana CM countered "I will be in Delhi on Monday and Tuesday. There is no response from your office on the meeting."