Indian and Pakistan officials traded tweets about the smog issue, and the deliberations which are happening as Indian Capital Delhi is facing its worst Smoggy days.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal put blame on ‘stubble burning in Haryana and Punjab for increased air pollution’, Government of Punjab (Pakistan) put up suggestion for Amarinder Singh, CM of Punjab India.
Taking to Twitter, the neighbouring country’s Punjab government said Singh should implement measures to put a complete ban on stubble burning. “We have imposed a ban on stubble burning in Punjab (Pakistan) and hope Amarinder Singh takes similar measures,” the tweet said.
The response came in reply to Kejriwal’s tweet to Punjab CM Singh, in which he blamed crop burning in parts of Haryana and Punjab, and sought for an urgent meeting with his Punjab counterpart Amarinder Singh. “Am writing letters to CMs of Punjab and Haryana requesting them for a meeting to find solns to crop burning,” Kejriwal wrote in a tweet.
The Punjab government, in its tweet, also said that environmental hazards pose a threat to people of both the countries. “Environmental hazards threaten our people and habitat. Let us act fast to counter it,” it wrote.
