Air quality: MPs’ group to submit demands to Centre, state govts
Taking note of the poor air quality in various parts of the country and its impacts on human health, the PGCA held a two-day ‘Clean Air workshop’ with the MPs in Gurgaon over the weekend.
The charter says that governments need to encapsulate an airshed approach at the municipal or city-level. It has also recommended international cooperation to reduce the effects of transboundary effects of air pollution.
Parliamentarians’ Group for Clean Air (PGCA), a consortium of 35 MPs across party lines, on Sunday launched a compendium to empower their peers to monitor factors impacting levels of air pollution in their constituencies and seek answers for better implementation of government policies.
The effort was facilitated by Swaniti Initiative, which serves as the secretariat to the PGCA.
Taking note of the poor air quality in various parts of the country and its impacts on human health, the PGCA held a two-day ‘Clean Air workshop’ with the MPs in Gurgaon over the weekend.
The group deliberated on a charter of demands that will be presented to the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav and several state governments once finalised.
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