Delhi LG writes to Punjab CM to urgently cease stubble burning

On third November 2022, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena wrote a letter to Punjab’s chief minister Bhagwant Mann asking him to take pressing and substantive measures to regulate stubble burning in Punjab that’s inflicting huge air air pollution within the nationwide capital. It is notable that hundreds of acres of farmland in Punjab are set on hearth to burn the stubble and the smoke straight contributes to the air air pollution in Delhi. The air high quality index in Delhi is already degraded from ‘very poor’ to ‘severe’, with a mean AQI exceeding 500. People in Delhi are going through varied well being hazards due to this air pollution.

Delhi LG VK Saxena writes to Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on stubble burning and air pollution

“Request you to undertake urgent and substantive measures to control Parali (stubble) burning in Punjab, that has converted the national capital once again into a gas chamber,” writes Delhi LG pic.twitter.com/apb8wP7cYl

— ANI (@ANI) November 4, 2022

LG Vinai Kumar Saxena additionally mentioned that he has talked with Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on this regard and that he had referred to as Punjab’s chief minister Bhagwant Mann additionally focus on the matter, however he couldn’t attend the decision due to some conferences scheduled. As the Punjab CM didn’t name again the LG the entire day, he was compelled to write down the letter, Saxena mentioned.

LG Vinai Kumar Saxena mentioned in his letter that stubble burning has transformed the nationwide capital right into a fuel chamber. He mentioned in his letter, “It is with a sense of deep anguish that, I wish to draw your attention towards the pain and suffering that the people of Delhi are experiencing for no fault of theirs, and request you to undertake urgent and substantive measures to control Parali burning in Punjab, that has converted the National Capital once again into a gas chamber. It is public knowledge that Air Pollution in Delhi has reached extremely dangerous levels, hovering consistently in the ‘severe pls category due to smoke, 95% of which is originating from Parali burning in Punjab.”

LG Vinay Kumar Saxena additional mentioned on this letter, “I am constrained to draw your express attention towards the fact that contrary to expectations, incidents of Parali burning have increased by a whopping 19% in the period between October 24th, 2022 to November 02, 2022, as compared to the corresponding period in 2021. Authentic data on Parali burning presents an alarming picture. The figures for 2021 and 2022, for the same period, stand at 18066 and 21480 respectively. As on 02 November 2022, alone, out of the total 3825 cases of Parali burning in 06 States, i.e. Punjab, Haryana, UP, MP, and Rajasthan, Punjab singularly reported 3634 cases, while Delhi reported zero.”

LG VK Saxena additionally briefed the Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann concerning the respiratory ailments and pores and skin issues confronted by the individuals in Delhi because of this air air pollution. He mentioned, “OPD visits and hospitalizations related to pulmonary discomfort/disorders has reportedly witnessed a manifold increase, children and the elderly are disproportionately affected, and every common citizen is facing incessant burning of eyes, cough, nasal congestion, sore throat, and labored breathing amongst other respiratory discomforts. Renowned Doctors and Hospitals of Delhi are consistently flagging the situation as hazardous and dangerous, and are asking for schools to be closed, apart from advising people to remain indoors, not to go for morning walks, and refrain from outdoor physical activities. Due to severe air pollution and consequent restrictions, even the socio-economic activities are badly impacted.”

LG Saxena mentioned that it is a violation of the citizen’s elementary proper to well being and the appropriate to life. He additionally drew Bhagwant Mann’s consideration to the truth that this annual phenomenon has been a explanation for deep concern, in any respect ranges within the authorities and judiciary, and through the years, a number of measures have been put in place for mitigating the identical. Delhi’s LG additionally reminded Bhagwant Mann that the Government of NCTD has additionally gone out of the way in which to advertise and publicize a bio-decomposer to be used by farmers, vide intensive and large-scale commercials in newspapers and tv by spending crores of rupees. It is notable that in Delhi and Punjab there’s an Aam Aadmi Party authorities whereas in Haryana, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar is main a BJP-led coalition authorities.

LG Vinai Kumar Saxena talked about that Haryana’s contribution to air air pollution by stubble burning is negligible. He mentioned, “I, on behalf of Delhi and its residents, once again sincerely and earnestly urge you to galvanize all available resources and machinery to make the farmers become willing partners in defeating this repetitive menace and help the Capital – indeed the entire NCR, breathe.”

The AAP authorities takes duty

Meanwhile, on 4th November 2022, Aam Aadmi Party chief and Delhi’s CM Arvind Kejriwal held a joint press convention together with Punjab’s chief minister Bhagwant Mann. In this press convention, he mentioned that the AAP authorities takes duty for the air pollution brought on in Delhi by the stubble burning in Punjab. He mentioned, “Farmers could not be blamed for the pollution-causing agricultural practice. By next year, we will reduce the farm fires in Punjab.”

#WATCH | “We will try for crop diversification… we will try to move our farmers from rice to other crops in Punjab,” say AAP Chief & Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal & Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann in a joint press convention over rising air pollution in Delhi pic.twitter.com/MQcWbHwLuN

— ANI (@ANI) November 4, 2022

He added, “Hopefully, by next year, we will take many harsh steps. We will align with farmers to reduce farm fires. We will try for crop diversification. We will try to move our farmers from rice to other crops in Punjab.”

प्रदूषण पर पंजाब के मुख्यमंत्री के साथ एक संयुक्त प्रेस वार्ता। https://t.co/0bLYYvVBul

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) November 4, 2022

Arvind Kejriwal learn out a listing of locations in Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan the place the air high quality index is ‘very poor’ or ‘severe’. He mentioned, “This is a problem of the whole of north India and not just Delhi. We all have to together solve this problem because air is not static, it moves from one place to other and takes along pollutants. This is not the time of blame game or finger-pointing. Playing politics around such a sensitive topic will not give us any solution. There is stubble burning in Punjab but farmers are not responsible for that. They also need a solution. The day they get a solution, they will stop stubble burning. Because before reaching Delhi, the smoke first enters his own house and affects the children of the farmers. We have formed a government in Punjab and if stubble burning takes place in Punjab, we are responsible for it. Our government is responsible for it.”

Arvind Kejriwal mentioned that it has been simply six months since his get together got here to energy within the border state and that six months is a small interval to deal with a number of points confronted by the state. Bhagwant Mann knowledgeable about varied steps taken by the state authorities to include the issue which hardly contained something besides consciousness and encouragement campaigns. Besides, he talked about bioenergy vegetation which can be planning to remove the stubble from hundreds of acres in Punjab and convert it to power. One such plant is purposeful whereas different measures instructed by Bhagwant Mann embody making CNG and electrical energy from stubble and they don’t seem to be realized but. Punjab CM assured that by November 2023, there will probably be a considerable discount in the issue. Both Kejriwal and Mann mentioned that the AAP authorities takes duty however different state governments and the union authorities must also take duty to deal with the issue as farmers can’t transfer to different crops except they get assured minimal assist value.