Priyanka Gandhi Vadra urges people to unite on pollution issue of NRC, says clean air is ‘our right and responsibility’
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra urges people to unite on pollution issue of NRC, says clean air is ‘our right and responsibility’

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She cited example of London wherein 1952 thousands of people died due to pollution and people took to streets and brought a law for clean air there New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday urged people to unite on the issue of pollution in the NCR region and Uttar Pradesh, saying clean air is “our right and responsibility”. She cited the example of London wherein 1952 thousands of people died due to pollution and the people took to the streets and brought a law for clean air there. दिल्ली, नोयडा, गाजियाबाद, कानपुर, बनारस, लखनऊ समेत कई शहरों की हवा जहरीली बनी हुई है। इसी हवा में हमारे बच्चे स्कूल जाते हैं। इसी हवा में मजदूर और आम जन काम करने निकलते हैं। #LetsUniteAgainstPollution — Priyanka Gandhi Vadra November 4, 2019 “Why is there a need today to seriously think about the issue of pollution. In this very air, our children go to school and our labourers and common people go to work,” she said in a tweet in Hindi using the hashtag “Lets Unite Against Pollution”.

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