Punjab Government on Wednesday attacked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for laying blame of Delhi pollution on the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana claiming that the stubble burning did not constitute more than 25 percent pollution in Delhi and the actual cause was something else.
Asking Kejriwal not to try to outsource solutions to his own problems, the state Irrigation and Power Minister Rana Gurjeet Singh pointed out that the stubble burning was only a momentary problem while Delhi was faced with a severe chronic problem.
“Kejriwal, by trying to involve Punjab and Haryana Governments, is only aiming at shifting the blame and diverting the attention of the people of Delhi,” he said.
Singh said that the solution to problems in Delhi does not lie in Punjab or Haryana, “but Delhi itself and you need to understand that”. He suggested that Kejriwal must identify the potential pollutants in Delhi itself and look out for suggestions.
“Prior to the Beijing Olympics, there was too much smoke and pollution there and the Chinese government invoked modern scientific methods including artificial rains to clear it...Why can’t Delhi government invoke similar methods instead of trying to blame other States,” he asked Kejriwal.