New Delhi: The Supreme Court in the hearing on Delhi’s air quality on Friday questioned the Odd-Even rule and ordered to stop farm fires immediately.
“As per the report from amicus curiae, advocate assisting the court on the issue, odd-even does not help; it will have a minimal impact,” said a bench headed by Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul.
The Supreme Court further added that crop residue burning in Punjab and some other states adjacent to Delhi have to be stopped and a solution has to be found to reduce the pollution level in the national capital region (NCR).
While hearing a matter relating to the debilitating air pollution in the Delhi-NCR, a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul observed there were several reports and committees on the pollution issue, but nothing was happening at the ground level.
Overnight rains in New Delhi and surrounding areas brought some relief for residents as the toxic haze cleared up and the air quality improved marginally. The weather agency expects the pollution to ease further ahead of Diwali on Sunday. The rains come amid the Delhi government’s ongoing discussions with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to conduct artificial rains across the national capital to combat the deteriorating air quality.
New Delhi is reeling after a week of severe pollution that has seen concentrations of harmful particles as high as 100 times the levels recommended by the World Health Organization. It was the world’s most polluted city till Thursday.
The overall air quality in Delhi at 7 am today was 407, according to data by the government’s air-quality monitoring agency SAFAR.
Earlier on October 10, 2023, the Supreme Court of India sought a report from the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on steps being taken to control air pollution in and around Delhi. The court’s order came in response to a plea seeking urgent measures to curb air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR).
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