Maryam Nawaz, CM of Punjab.
Lahore: Pakistan and India should work together to remove pollution in Punjab. This is what Maryam Nawaz, Chief Minister of Punjab province of Pakistan, has to say. He said he called for “climate diplomacy” with India to reduce the impact of smog caused by pollution in both the countries. People in Pakistan’s Punjab province and India’s Punjab state, as well as many other areas of northwest India, face heavy air pollution during the months of October to February every year.
He said Lahore and New Delhi regularly feature in the list of the world’s most polluted cities this season, when farmers burn stubble before preparing for the winter harvest. “Both Indians and Pakistanis should make joint efforts to tackle the smog in Punjab,” Maryam said at the Climate Change Leadership Internship event on Wednesday. Stubble burning in the Indian Punjab province is being affected here due to the direction of the wind. There should be climate diplomacy with India to deal with the problem of smog.” The combination of smoke and fog is nicknamed smog. This is a specific phenomenon that occurs when certain polluting fine particles mix with cool, moist air and remain close to the ground, reducing visibility and causing health problems.
Maryam made this appeal
Punjab CM Maryam said that every home, every child should understand the importance of eliminating smog. “Eliminating smog is a matter of the health and survival of our children,” he said. Maryam said that smog cannot be eliminated by just pressing a button, “it requires collective efforts.” Therefore, India should support it. Early last year, Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi had said that the Pakistani government would take up the issue of stubble burning with Indian Punjab. Naqvi had then said, “The issue of smog should be raised by the Ministry of External Affairs at the appropriate diplomatic level with India.” The mixture of dust and fog that forms in the atmosphere due to pollution is called smog. (Language)