New Delhi: Union Cabinet Minister for Women & Child Development Maneka Gandhi today said that India as a developing nation has been a key contributor in climate change and global warming phenomenon.
Speaking on the issue of environment and climate change, Gandhi said putting the blame “always” on the West for climate change will not help.
“They may have done it a 100 years ago, India is one of the main players in destroying the climate. We are the largest producers—we, China and Brazil—of methane and we don't even discuss methane,” she told an English news Channel.
She flagged coal, animals and rice as the three reasons for methane emission.
“It is 26 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in creating climate change,” she said.
She was also critical of NDA government pet river interlinking project saying transferring water will not help but the main focus should be on cleaning rivers. Gandhi also said a mission should be launched to plant a billion trees a month.
