We are unnecessarily being targeted, defamed for Delhi air pollution, say Punjab farmers
The Hindu
Bharti Kisan Union (Ugrahan) general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan asked how it was possible that smoke from crop residue burning in Punjab could cause air pollution only in Delhi and not in Jalandhar, Amritsar and other districts of the State.
Farm leaders in Punjab on November 7 said they were unnecessarily being targeted and defamed for air pollution in Delhi, asserting that industries, vehicles and the construction sector are the major sources of pollution in the National Capital and not stubble burning.
Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is considered a contributing factor to the spike in pollution levels in Delhi in October and November every year.
Amid the recent decline in air quality in the National Capital, the AAP and the BJP have blamed stubble burning in States ruled by the other for the pollution.
Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday said most stubble burning incidents are being witnessed in the BJP-ruled Haryana and Uttar Pradesh whereas such cases are declining in his State.
On the other hand, Haryana Agriculture Minister Jai Prakash Dalal on Saturday had slammed the Bhagwant Mann government over the stubble burning incidents in the State.
Bharti Kisan Union (Ugrahan) general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan on Tuesday said farmers were unnecessarily being targeted and defamed for air pollution in Delhi.
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