MPs’ group mulls over charter of demands to combat air pollution

MPs’ group mulls over charter of demands to combat air pollution

Subject :Environment

Section: Pollution

Context: Taking note of the poor air quality in various parts of the country and its impacts on human health, the PGCA held a two-day ‘Clean Air workshop’ with the MPs in Gurgaon over the weekend.

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• Parliamentarians Group for Clean Air (PGCA), a consortium of 35 MPs across party lines, launched a compendium to empower their peers to monitor factors impacting levels of air pollution in their constituencies and seek answers for better implementation of government policies.
• The effort was facilitated by Swaniti Initiative, which serves as the secretariat to the PGCA.
• Taking note of the poor air quality in various parts of the country and its impacts on human health, the PGCA held a two-day ‘Clean Air workshop’ with the MPs in Gurgaon over the weekend.
• The group deliberated on a charter of demands that will be presented to the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
• The charter framed by the MPs says that there should be an integration of air quality with public health in policy matters and pushes for the installation of infrastructure in rural and urban areas alike to capture even finer pollutants.
• The charter says that governments need to encapsulate an airshed approach at the municipal or city-level.
• It has also recommended international cooperation to reduce the effects of transboundary effects of air pollution.
• The MPs have further recommended partnerships of industries with the government and other stakeholders to adopt clean air initiatives.

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