Centre: Delhi govt creating hype on air pollution issue for political reasons

Delhi government is "creating hype" on issue of air pollution in national capital due to "political reasons", Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary told Rajya Sabha on Friday. Responding to queries during Question Hour, he said, "It may be failure of state government. re are many reasons for rise in air pollution. However, state government is creating hype for political reasons."

'It is wrong to send farmers to jail' 

Minister of State for Agriculture said that re was need to blame farmers for rise in pollution as stubble burning has contributed to only 3 per cent to overall air pollution in Delhi. On stringent measures taken against farmers to curb stubble burning, minister said, "It is wrong to send farmers to jail. However, it is a state subject."

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Delhi sees rise in air pollution on onset of winter

On Supreme Court's directive, some states are offering Rs 100/quintal assistance to farmers. Even central government's agriculture research body ICAR has developed seven post harvesting machines to reduce stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, he added. Every year, national capital winesses a  rise in air pollution on onset of winter.

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