Chandigarh: Pakistan's Punjab province chief minister Shehbaz Sharif has suggested to his Indian Punjab counterpart a regional cooperation arrangement to tackle the issue of smog as well as pollution.
"The intensity of the smog issue that has wide implications for human health calls for concerted efforts to take on this challenge," Mr Sharif said.
He posted a copy of the letter on Twitter, also tagging Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
In the letter, Mr Sharif said that since last year, the people of both the Pakistani and Indian Punjabs were facing the problem of smog during the months of October and November.
He wrote that smog has an adverse impact on public health, especially on the elderly and children, on agriculture in the form of delayed sowing of wheat, damage to potato and other crops and also causes traffic accidents.
The phenomenon has now assumed regional proportions and it engulfs the areas from New Delhi to Lahore and beyond, he said.
eliminate the need to burn rice stubble and help control smog formation," he said.
I will like to invite you for entering into a regional cooperation arrangement to tackle the issue of smog as well as environmental pollution, he wrote.
"The intensity of the smog issue that has wide implications for human health calls for concerted efforts to take on this challenge," Mr Sharif said.
He posted a copy of the letter on Twitter, also tagging Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
In the letter, Mr Sharif said that since last year, the people of both the Pakistani and Indian Punjabs were facing the problem of smog during the months of October and November.
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He wrote that smog has an adverse impact on public health, especially on the elderly and children, on agriculture in the form of delayed sowing of wheat, damage to potato and other crops and also causes traffic accidents.
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The phenomenon has now assumed regional proportions and it engulfs the areas from New Delhi to Lahore and beyond, he said.
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eliminate the need to burn rice stubble and help control smog formation," he said.
I will like to invite you for entering into a regional cooperation arrangement to tackle the issue of smog as well as environmental pollution, he wrote.
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