Delhi air air pollution: SC agrees to listen to ‘worsening’ AQI plea on November 10 

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: Amidst the backdrop of worsening Air Quality Index (AQI) throughout Delhi NCR, Supreme Court on Friday agreed to think about a plea in search of to curb air air pollution on November 10. 

A bench of CJI UU Lalit and Bela M Trivedi agreed to record the plea which additionally seeks to subject contemporary pointers to additionally curb stubble burning pursuant to mentions made by Advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha. 

“AQI level has risen due to stubble burning, Delhi has never seen AQI of 500. We can’t walk freely in this. Stubble burning has increased in Punjab. Secretaries must be called,” Jha informed the bench. 

Jha in his plea has additionally sought for steering states to take mandatory measures with a view to scale back air pollution together with the set up of smog towers, plantation drives, and reasonably priced public transport and likewise appoint a High-level committee beneath the Chairmanship of a retired Supreme Court Judge to sort out the air-pollution disaster because of stubble burning.

He has additional searched for summoning Chief Secretaries of GNCTD (Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi), Punjab, Haryana and UP and to direct them to personally take accountability for no case of stubble-burning anyplace. 

Seeking the above reliefs, the plea acknowledged that regardless of the court docket’s route to cease stubble burning and development inflicting air air pollution, there’s rampant air pollution within the National Capital Territory and different locations making it troublesome for individuals to outlive. 

“That said situation is directly against the Right to life (Article 21) of people at large. It is also the responsibility of Petitioner under fundamental duties (Article 51A) to file this petition so as to guide the country in a positive framework and avoid the citizens from becoming sick when the due course is available,” the plea additionally acknowledged. 

Jha in his plea has additionally acknowledged that Delhi-NCR is choking in such an enormous method that the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) held an emergency assembly and directed the authorities to enact Stage 4 of the GRAP in Delhi NCR.

NEW DELHI: Amidst the backdrop of worsening Air Quality Index (AQI) throughout Delhi NCR, Supreme Court on Friday agreed to think about a plea in search of to curb air air pollution on November 10. 

A bench of CJI UU Lalit and Bela M Trivedi agreed to record the plea which additionally seeks to subject contemporary pointers to additionally curb stubble burning pursuant to mentions made by Advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha. 

“AQI level has risen due to stubble burning, Delhi has never seen AQI of 500. We can’t walk freely in this. Stubble burning has increased in Punjab. Secretaries must be called,” Jha informed the bench. 

Jha in his plea has additionally sought for steering states to take mandatory measures with a view to scale back air pollution together with the set up of smog towers, plantation drives, and reasonably priced public transport and likewise appoint a High-level committee beneath the Chairmanship of a retired Supreme Court Judge to sort out the air-pollution disaster because of stubble burning.

He has additional searched for summoning Chief Secretaries of GNCTD (Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi), Punjab, Haryana and UP and to direct them to personally take accountability for no case of stubble-burning anyplace. 

Seeking the above reliefs, the plea acknowledged that regardless of the court docket’s route to cease stubble burning and development inflicting air air pollution, there’s rampant air pollution within the National Capital Territory and different locations making it troublesome for individuals to outlive. 

“That said situation is directly against the Right to life (Article 21) of people at large. It is also the responsibility of Petitioner under fundamental duties (Article 51A) to file this petition so as to guide the country in a positive framework and avoid the citizens from becoming sick when the due course is available,” the plea additionally acknowledged. 

Jha in his plea has additionally acknowledged that Delhi-NCR is choking in such an enormous method that the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) held an emergency assembly and directed the authorities to enact Stage 4 of the GRAP in Delhi NCR.