New Delhi, April 28 -- A key parliamentary panel will examine the issue of water pollution in the national capital region, which hogged the limelight during the recent Delhi Assembly elections.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, and Environment and Forests, chaired by BJP leader Bhubaneshwar Kalita, will hear the views of Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on the subject 'Water Pollution in Delhi-NCR and steps taken by various agencies for its mitigation'.
The issue of water pollution had dominated the Delhi assembly elections with former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal accusing the BJP-led Haryana government of "poisoning" the waters of Yamuna. The Yamuna flows through a 40 km ...