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CONCERNEDExpressing concern over the WHO report, Imran Hussain urged the Union minister to hold a meeting to resolve issues of bio-mass burning, control of vehicular emissions. "We need an urgent and concrete nationwide plan to effectively counter this growing threat, which poses a major health challenge to people," the minister wrote. Delhi minister Imran Hussain wrote to Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday urging him to call a meeting of heads of all NCR states and other stakeholders after the World Health Organisation (WHO) global report said 14 of 15 most polluted cities are in India. Hussain also pointed out that a multitude of agencies were involved in fighting air pollution, however, the problem has largely remained unsolved. The site was recently allocated by the DDA to the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) for dumping waste..