(LiveMint)
As winds begin to slow down and the National Capital Region (NCR) braces for another round of “severe” air quality days, the government on Monday rushed to put in place a 15-day action plan to fight the toxic smog. The Parliament is set to debate the menace of air pollution on the second day of the winter session on Tuesday.“Unfortunately, we have had a spate of bad meteorology in Delhi. But we are trying to prevent the situation from worsening. We are ready to experiment or pilot any new technology that can help us fight this problem,” said C.K. Mishra, secretary at the ministry of environment, forests and climate change, at a media briefing.The announcement was made, following a high-level pollution meeting earlier in the day, which was attended by government representatives from cities in the NCR, and officials from neighbouring Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, including officials of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
