FIGHT POLLUTION WITH LIFESTYLE CHANGES

Pollution has been an issue for years, but it has now become severe enough to actually hit daily life. Preparedness on the part of the authorities was missing, but even now if tackled with a plan, Delhi can become worth living again. Each and every citizen has to contribute to planting more trees. It just takes strict adherence to habits like car pooling, use of public transport and the like to actually breathe a lot easy for ourselves and for the future generations. Governments must play its role in ensuring strict implementation of such measures.

Ashish Balhra, via email ministers of Punjab and Haryana. Amarinder has been vocal that the air pollution was a serious issue, yet when his counterpart asks for a meeting on the issue, he (Amarinder) accuses him of indulging in petty politics. What is wrong in having a discussion and try and come out with a concrete solution. If the Punjab CM has no time to meet his counterpart from another state, then a common man must not even dare think of meeting Amarinder.

SP Singh Brar, Faridkot Once elected, a person can accumulate money for a few of his generations. Neither Gandhi nor other freedom fighters would have ever thought that the country’s governance would pass into the hands of criminals and corrupt anti-social elements. Who will then set the country on the right path? The answer lies in ‘We, the People’, the ordinary voters. We need to realise our own importance and balance the ship of the nation’s destiny before it too late.

Shivani Sonia Thakur,

via email reduction in income tax as well, with the highest slab kept at 20%. The other two must be kept at 5% and 10%. The government can do without increasing the current exemption limit.

Deepak Saraf, beat them to death. More roads, human habitats and industry in the vicinity of wildlife habitats will tend to increase man-wildlife conflicts and endanger the wildlife population. It is our moral duty to preserve natural surroundings.

Soshil Rattan, Amritsar