Summary:
New Delhi : Expressing disappointment over environment ministers of the neighbouring states giving a miss to a meeting convened by the Centre over air pollution, their Delhi counterpart Kailash Gahlot alleged on Monday that "the seriousness required to deal with the issue was missing". Despite the Supreme Court's "strict directions on this very serious issue, environment ministers of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan did not attend the meeting. The seriousness required to deal with the issue was missing", the Delhi minister said. He said unpaved roads and vacant plots are the major source of dust pollution in Delhi. The minister expressed concern over the pace of distribution of farm equipment to farmers for in-situ management of paddy straw..