New Delhi: Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Tuesday that a state environment ministers’ meeting will take place this Thursday over the issue of pollution while asserting that various measures have already been taken in order to curb it. He added that it needs to be understood that pollution stays for 2-3 months and it also has a “geographic” reason for it.
Javadekar said that given that air pollution affects not according to state limits but according to air shed which affects Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad, Gurugram and other cities alike, Thursday’s meeting will be attended by environment ministers and environment secretaries of 5 states and UTs — Delhi, Punjab Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. (PTI)
