Deepender Hooda to bring private member's bill to tackle air pollution

Clean air is a shared responsibility, which we owe to our children and future generations, says the Congress MP

Congress Lok Sabha member Deepender Singh Hooda plans to bring a private members’ Bill, the ‘Right to Clean Air’ Bill, in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. Moved by the difficulty in breathing that his year-old son and children across the region have faced because of pollution, Hooda has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to constitute a committee propose measures to fight air pollution.

Hooda, a Member of Parliament from Rohtak, also plans to start an online petition on the issue. In his letter to the PM, Hooda has suggested that Modi constitute a committee consisting of chief ministers