India, Dec. 6 -- Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said that her government was making a determined push against air and water pollution, a problem that she described as a "legacy issue" that persisted for decades due to inaction by previous administrations.

She also listed a series of steps that her government was taking and asserted that there had been a visible improvement in the national capital.

"Delhi has legacy problems related to pollution. There were problems of transport, open burning, dust, all of which had been ignored by governments earlier. We have no jadu ki chadi (magic wand) with us, but are trying our best to deal with these issues," Gupta said at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.

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