By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
03rd August:- Chairman of Punjab Pollution Control
Board Kahan Singh Pannu today advocated the need for framing policies at local
level to keep a check on all sorts of air pollution.
Inaugurating a regional workshop
organized by the Central Pollution Control Board in cooperation with the PPCB
on air pollution control here today, the Chairman said that it was the need of
hour to construct a mass movement against the pollution. Citing the example of
Buddha Nullah of Ludhiana, he said that crores of rupees were being spent on
its cleaning from last several years but still the desired targets have not
been achieved. He said that the polluted water of nullah was affecting the Malwa
region of state along with Rajsthan and Haryana. Kahan Singh Pannu said that
CPCB must evolve an action plan in consonance with the local needs so as to
implement it effectively, which would further help in meeting the desired
targets.
The Additional Director of CPCB Prashant
Gargav said that every year around 6.27 lakh people reportedly die due to
increasing air pollution and air pollution has has emerged as fourth possible
reason for these deaths. Prashant Gargav said that as per the data available
from 2011-2015, 94 cities of the country were producing more pollution than the
fixed limits. He said that out of these 94, eight cities were from the state of
Punjab.
Various officers from Punjab,
Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu-Kashmir present in the workshop
also gave their views to the CPCB and PPCB. The Additional Director of CPCB
promised these officers that these views would be incorporated in the action
plan to be formulated by them.
Member Secretary of PPCB Babu Ram was
also present on the occasion.
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