New Delhi: “How will people breathe?” asked the Supreme Court on Saturday while pushing the central government and the states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi to take urgent measures to reduce the AQI levels in the National Capital Region from the dangerous current levels of 500 to 200300. The court added that if needed, a lockdown could be imposed besides getting the farmers to stop stubble burning for a few days.
Solicitor general Tushar Mehta informed the court that as per the India Meteorological Department forecasts, the situation wasn’t going to improve till November 18 and that the governments had to take urgent measures to tackle the issue as per the policy devised. “The Centre has called an urgent meeting of the chief secretaries of Punjab, Haryana, UP and Delhi to discuss emergency measures to be taken in the next few days,” Mehta said.
A bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant said all it wanted was to ensure cleaner air for the citizens. “You must tell us on Monday what steps were taken and the result thereof,” the court told the Centre and the states concerned.
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