New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said his government would form a special task force to monitor implementation of a declaration signed during a climate summit at Copenhagen in Denmark.
The Chief Minister was scheduled to visit Copenhagen to take part in the C-40 Climate Change Summit but was denied permission by the External Affairs ministry.
He addressed a joint conference along with mayors of various world cities through video conferencing.
The C-40 Clean Air Cities declaration was signed at the summit.
"I wanted to be here personally but could not do so because of unavoidable circumstances," Kejriwal said during a joint press conference.
Apart from Kejriwal, the joint press conference was addressed by mayors of Paris, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Los Angles and other cities.
Expressing pleasure over joining the C-40 declaration, the chief minister said could do so because of the support of two crore people of Delhi.
"In coming days, we are going to form a special task force to be chaired by me to monitor implementation of the C-40 declaration," he said.
The chief minister also talked about various efforts taken by his government, including the implementation of the odd-even scheme, to clean air quality in Delhi. See P3