Gorakhpur, Feb. 15 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday likened the air quality of the national capital to a 'gas chamber' and asserted that people in Uttar Pradesh enjoy a clean environment and are not being suffocated, despite all the developmental work.

Adityanath was addressing the inaugural ceremony of the renovated block development officer's office in Jungle Kauria, Gorakhpur, the UP government said in a statement.

He said that one of the biggest global challenges today is environmental degradation, the statement added.

"The environment here is quite good; there is no pollution. Without pollution, there are fewer diseases. Whenever pollution exists, it harms the lungs. If our supply of oxygen is compromised, the entire ...