'Unacceptable that children need to wear masks due to pollution'

SUPREME COURT JUDGE Justice Vikram Nath on Saturday laid stress on the need to regulate emissions and invest in cleaner technologies to combat pollution, saying it was unacceptable for children to grow up in an environment where they needed masks to play in the open.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Justice Nath also said there was a need to explore solutions which struck a balance between economic growth and environmental wellbeing and that government policies must focus on green technologies. He was speaking during the inaugural session of the National Conference on Environment-2025 at Vigyan Bhawan. President Droupadi Murmu was the chief guest at the event.