New Delhi: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday urged the government to formulate a comprehensive, city-specific strategy to tackle air pollution , calling it a “non-ideological” issue that needs discussion to formulate a “united” national action plan.

Calling for full cooperation between the Treasury and Opposition benches over the issue, Gandhi, while speaking in the Lok Sabha , pressed for a structured Parliamentary discussion followed by a long-term national plan.

Spelling out his suggestion, he added, “it would be good if we have a detailed discussion, and then the Prime Minister puts in place a plan for each city - a methodical, systematic plan on how within the next five or ten years... maybe, we cannot resolve the problem, but how we are going

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