New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has left for Haryana to meet Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar over rising pollution levels in Delhi-NCR due to stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana.

Pollution reached to devastating levels in Delhi, with smog all-encompassing the entire city.

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Kejriwal on Tuesday made another attempt to reach out to the Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to talk about ways to combat pollution in the state.

Singh ruled out the meeting urging Kejriwal to desist from trying to politicize such a stern concern.

Take action to media reports triggered by Kejriwal’s tweet, once again looking for a meeting with him, Singh said he failed to be aware of why the Delhi chief minister was trying to force his hand, knowing well that any such talks would be worthless and ineffective.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh last week called Arvind Kejriwal a "peculiar person".

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"Mr. Kejriwal is a peculiar person who has views on everything without thoughtful the situation. There is 20 million ton of paddy straw, where do I ask farmers to store? So Mr. Kejriwal doesn't understand this problem," Amarinder Singh asserted

While Kejriwal was firm on an urgent meeting with his Punjab and Haryana counterparts, Amarinder Singh said that the issue can only be worked out by the Central Government.

Kejriwal has claimed the burning of crop stubble by farmers in neighbouring Punjab and Haryana as the key reason of the rising pollution in Delhi.