Delhi smog: Kejriwal, Khattar join hands; Amarinder raises 'stubble' alarm

Farmers of Punjab and Haryana have been blamed for the rising air pollution level in northern states including Delhi triggered by their stubble burning.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said "farmers cannot be expected to give up crop residue burning completely", till the time they are provided viable solutions.

The statement comes on a day when Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar to discuss air pollution and stubble burning.

Kejriwal and Khattar on Wednesday promised to jointly address the toxic smog situation that has beset the northern India.

"First of all we have to understand that our territories can be different but nobody has control over winds and when pollution has spread all over, all of us have to