Crop Burning over : Punjab and Haryana officials; Pollution source

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sat, Nov 11, 2017, 11:00 PM

Crop Burning over : Punjab and Haryana officials; Pollution source

On Friday, the officials of Punjab and Haryana said that the crop burning is over. The statement came during an emergency meeting which involved several states top bureaucrats and the Union government .

The meeting, chaired by environment ministry’s secretary, was attended by the chief secretaries of Haryana and Delhi, the principal secretary of Uttar Pradesh department of environment, the chairman of Punjab’s state Pollution Control Board and the secretary of Rajasthan’s department of environment.

The health crisis in New Delhi is due to the smog blanket which is due to the burning of paddy residue by farmers in Punjab and Haryana.