Smog: Pakistan gives India tips on how to deal with the problem

The stubble burning in Punjab is being considered as a major reason for pollution in northern India, including New Delhi. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to Captain Amarinder Singh about this, but the Punjab CM has expressed helplessness in the matter.

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Now, Pakistan’s Punjab government too has urged Captain Amarinder Singh to tackle stubble burning. In a tweet posted on Wednesday, @GovtOfPunjab hassuggested a slew of measures to the Punjab government.

"Environmental hazards threaten our people and habitat. Let us act fast to counter it,” the Punjab province government further added in the tweet.

Punjab province’senvironment minister Zakia Shah Nawaz Khan had earlier termed smog 'a regional issue’ and urgedboth India and Pakistan to collaborate to find a sustainable solution.

"The only proper forum to do that at the moment is through the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). The nature of this emergency is such that let's say Pakistan effectively tackles smog and India is still struggling, we will, regardless of our efforts, still be affected by air pollution. Hence, it has to be a joint effort," she said in a statement on Thursday.

"Smog is pollution, plain and simple, and it is harmful to us. No one wants it to linger any longer. We have to clean our air. Now to do that, we need to have a three-pronged strategy - a long-term solution, a medium one and a short-term solution. Punjab is already implementing some urgent, short- term measures," Khan said.

Khan said to nip this evil in the bud.

(With inputs from PTI)