New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Punjab and Haryana governments have been slow in taking action against farmers burning stubble and a mechanism was required to be devised for a long-term solution to the problem.A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih said a machinery had to be set in motion to ensure 24/7 data was available."We propose to hear all the parties exhaustively. It is because of sowing done belatedly all this problem is happening. We want to go to the root of the matter and issue directions. Something needs to be done. Every year this problem cannot arise. From the data available, we can say both states are very slow in taking action against farmers," the bench remarked, adding everyone was "smart enough" to understand during certain times data was collected and they did not burn stubble at that time.Additional solicitor general Aishwarya Bhati, representing the Centre, said ISRO was working on the protocol. The bench took note of a media report related to Punjab wherein a land record officer and president of the Sangrur Block Patwari Union, reportedly admitted to advising farmers to burn stubble after 4 pm to avoid satellite detection.Calling it "very serious" if the report was to be believed, the court directed Punjab officials to not permit farmers to take advantage of the fact activities were being detected during the particular few hours of the day. "The Punjab government should immediately issue instructions to all officers not to indulge in any such activities," it said.GRAP IV MEASURES IN DELHI TILL DECEMBER 2The SC refused to relax emergency measures under Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan to deal with air pollution in Delhi, ordering it to continue till December 2 even as the Centre said the AQI was in "manageable limits". It said the report by the court commissioners showed an "abject failure" of authorities in implementing the GRAP IV curbs in letter and spirit. "We make it clear all GRAP IV measures except the measures which are modified in respect of the schools will continue to operate till Monday," it said. -PTI

SC: Punjab, Hry slow in acting against farmers

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