HuffPost, Environment Minister Harsh Vardan, Health Minister JP Nadda and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan of the BJP chose to flag off "Unity Run" instead.
GENEVA, Switzerland — Senior ministers and government representatives were conspicuous by their absence as experts and leaders gathered at the World Health Organisation (WHO) on air pollution solutions, as India's ministers for health, environment, and petroleum, chose to participate in festivities marking the unveiling of the Sardar Patel Unity statue instead.
India hosts 14 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world, and the WHO estimates that air pollution led to the premature deaths of over 1,00,000 Indian children below the age of 5 in 2016. Read more.
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