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Kejriwal urges Haryana, Punjab CMs to jointly tackle air pollution (Lead)

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New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) With air pollution in Delhi increasing to the severe level, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged his Haryana and Punjab counterparts for a meeting in order to jointly tackle the menace.

Kejriwal wrote letters to Haryana and Punjab Chief Ministers Manohar Lal Khattar and Amarinder Singh respectively and said that the governments had “failed to provide economically viable alternatives to stubble-burning”, which is worsening air quality in the Delhi-National Capital Region.

He stressed the need for resolving the matter in tandem and requested them for a meeting in the near future for discussions.

“You are aware of the poor air quality in Delhi… one of the main reasons for this to happen during this part of the year is stubble-burning in neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana,” Kejriwal wrote in the letters.

He said farmers were “helpless” and were forced to burn crop stubble as the state governments had failed to provide them with alternatives.

The Delhi government on Wednesday announced that all schools and colleges in Delhi will be shut till Sunday due to the alarming pollution level, with 18 of the 21 active pollution monitoring stations in the national capital recording ‘severe’ air quality.

The dangerous PM2.5 particles (atmospheric particulate matter with diameter less than 2.5 micrometres) were measured at 475 micrograms per cubic metre in the region.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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