40% of urban couples opting for IVF due to effects of pollution and environmental degradation, says health minister
Hindustan TimesPunjab health minister Dr Balbir Singh on Thursday said that nearly 40% of urban young couples are taking the help of IVF to have children due to the effects of environmental degradation. Punjab health minister Dr Balbir Singh The health minister was speaking during a discussion on a resolution moved by Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Dr Sukhwinder Sukhi, who sought a suitable law to maintain green cover by planting more trees and preventing illegal felling as a protection against the dangerous impacts of environment pollution. MLAs call for special girdawari to assess crop damage SAD MLAs Manpreet Ayali, Ganieve Kaur Majithia and Sukhwinder Sukhi moved a call attention motion to draw the attention of the minister for revenue towards damage caused to the wheat and potato crops due to recent hailstorms. MLA Kulwant Singh Bazigar batted for allowing poppy cultivation in Punjab, while Baba Bakala MLA Dalbir Tong sought the government’s help for starting computer courses in the GNDU regional campus in Sathiala.
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