Take steps to cut pollution, PPCB told

Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday directed Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) officials to pull up their socks to make the state pollution free.
While chairing a review meeting, the chief minister said PPCB is duty bound to ensure that Punjab becomes a pollution free state by taking every possible step. “No laxity in this noble cause can be tolerated and PPCB should set its wheels in motion to ensure that pollution whether of land, water or air is minimised,” he said.
Mann added that the need of the hour is to save Punjab for our coming generations and no stone should be left unturned for it.
He also asked the PPCB to immediately launch a major drive to install pollution free zigzag technology in brick kilns across the state. The brick kiln owners should be encouraged to equip themselves with the new technology for zero emission of pollution and erring units must be dealt with sternly and severest of severe action should be taken against them, he said.