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Lahore: Pakistan and India should work together to reduce pollution in Punjab, said Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province Maryam Nawaz. She called for “climate diplomacy” with India to reduce the impact of smog caused by pollution in both countries. People in Pakistan’s Punjab province and India’s Punjab state as well as many other areas of north-west India face heavy air pollution during October to February every year.
She said Lahore and New Delhi regularly feature in the list of the world’s most polluted cities during this season when farmers burn stubble ahead of preparations for the winter crop. “Both Indians and Pakistanis should make joint efforts to tackle Punjab smog. Due to the wind direction, stubble burning in the Indian Punjab province is affecting here. There should be climate diplomacy with India to tackle the problem of smog,” Maryam said at the Climate Change ‘Leadership Internship’ program on Wednesday. The combination of smoke and fog is known by the nickname smog. It is a specific phenomenon that occurs when some polluting microscopic particles mix with cold, moist air and remain close to the ground, reducing visibility and causing health problems.
Maryam made this appeal.
Punjab province CM Maryam said that every home, and every child should understand the importance of eliminating smog. She said, “Eliminating smog is a matter of health and survival of our children.” Maryam said that smog cannot be eliminated by just pressing a button, “collective efforts are needed for this.” Therefore, India should cooperate in this. Earlier last year, Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi had said that the Pakistani government would raise the issue of stubble burning with Indian Punjab. Naqvi had then said, “The issue of smog should be raised with India at the appropriate diplomatic level by the Ministry of External Affairs.” The mixture of dust and haze that spreads in the atmosphere due to pollution is called smog.
