Congress’s Ajay Maken questions omission of air pollution hearing from Home Affairs panel agenda

New Delhi Questioning decision of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs to drop “air pollution” in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) from the agenda for its November 17 meeting, senior Congress leader and panel member Ajay Maken, in a letter to panel chairperson and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, urged him to reconsider bringing it back on the agenda, describing the situation as a “public health emergency.” The committee had earlier scheduled a hearing with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and other concerned agencies on the subject.

An agenda circulated on November 5 included a discussion on ‘Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Enforcement of regulatory measures, effective implementation of GRAP measures, protection of vulnerable sections and coordination among law enforcement and government agencies”.

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