Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu today expressed concern over the rising pollution levels in several parts of the country and urged scientists and researchers to come up with innovative and out-of-box solutions to combat pollution. Inaugurating the 'International Conference on Ions' at CSIR- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in Nagpur today, he expressed concern over the "poor" or "severe" air quality levels in most of the Indian cities. Quoting from the finding of the Centre for Science and Environment's State of India's Environment (SoE) Report, 2019, he said that air pollution was responsible for 12.5% of all deaths in India. Stating that environmental pollution and deterioration in the air quality was among the foremost challenges faced by the country today, Naidu stressed that one could not think about building a safe, secure, healthy and prosperous future when our cities, the engines of the growth are choking in noxious fumes and when water and soil are polluted.
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