There has been considerable discussion on the role of vehicular emissions, dust, local coal fires and stubble burning in raising air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR.The panel, headed by Nripendra Mishra, principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi , held its first meeting on Monday. Sources said the issues of robust real time monitoring of air quality and stubble burning were discussed at the meeting. "Punjab spoke of involvement of panchayats to persuade farmers to stop burning stubble. The government is working on a policy to deal with stubble burning. One more area that needs similar focus is managing dust, which is another major cause of high level of air pollution in the capital," road transport minister Nitin Gadkari told TOI.

Source: Times of India December 04, 2017 21:22 UTC