“It is because of the failure of all the four state governments that stubble burning is being done in the states of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and UP, causing huge pollution in the air,” the NHRC said.
“It is because of the failure of all the four state governments that stubble burning is being done in the states of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and UP, causing huge pollution in the air,” the NHRC said.
After hearing the feedback of Chief Secretaries of Delhi and three neighboring states pollution issueThe NHRC on Saturday said that farmers are burning stubble “under compulsion” and it is because of the “failure” of the four state governments that the stubble burning is taking place.
panicked Increasing pollution in Delhi-NCRThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recently asked chief secretaries of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi to appear on November 10 to discuss the matter.
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The NHRC said in a statement on Saturday that the commission, after deliberating on the responses and responses of the respective states and the Delhi government, has taken the view that “farmers are compulsively burning stubble”.
“State governments have to provide harvest machines to get rid of those stubble, but they have failed to provide necessary machines and other measures in sufficient numbers, as a result, farmers are forced to burn the stubble, which leads to pollution.
“Therefore, no State can blame the farmers for stubble burning; instead, it is due to the failure of all the four State Governments that stubble burning is taking place in the States of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and UP, causing massive pollution Happening in the air,” it said.
The Commission has asked the concerned Chief Secretaries to be present again on November 18, either in person or in hybrid mode, for the next hearing of the matter and before that, file their responses or affidavits on the points raised by them “within four days”. Present the positive” within. This, inter alia, during the deliberations and consideration of their responses, the statement said.