Chandigarh, Feb. 10 -- Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari on Monday raised the issue of air quality and the government's strategy to prevent air pollution in the Lok Sabha. MP Tewari asked the Union minister of environment, forest and climate change, Bhupinder Yadav, about the reasons for the failure to prevent the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the Capital.

In his query, Tewari pointed out that the region remained at severe levels - around 400 or above - for nearly three consecutive months-despite the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) and the specific lapses identified in its implementation or enforcement. He also asked the minister to comment on the current status of the national and major city-wise levels of PM 2.5, PM 10 and key pollutants and...