Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday decided to work together on the issue of pollution and Smog. After the meeting, Arvind Kejriwal and Manohar Lal Khattar jointly spoke to the media and said that in the future, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and the Center need to jointly formulate strategies to fight the situation.
The two leaders said in a statement “We the Chief Ministers of Delhi & Haryana are happy to have had a very fruitful meeting at Chandigarh today. We recognized our deep and shared concern over the recent episode of heavy smog in our National Capital Region. We agreed upon the need for action on many measures aimed at preventing its re-occurrence in the winter of 2018. During discussions we agreed that the serious health risks to which such episodes of smog expose one and all require concrete and quick action on a number of fronts”.
They further Stated “In today’s meeting we covered crop residue burning and vehicular pollution issue. We resolve to put in sustained efforts in pursuance of the jointly identified action points in the coming days weeks and months.We look forward to covering other sources of air and water pollution in our future discussions”.
