The Supreme Court on Saturday expressed grave concern on Delhi’s deteriorating air quality and asked the Centre, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh Governments to sit together and evolve solutions. The court also said it has become fashionable to blame the farmers for the air pollution.
Hearing an urgent petition filed by a student Aditya Dubey, a Special Bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana said the situation is so bad that they are forced to wear masks inside homes due to the air pollution in the Capital.
The Bench comprising senior judges Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant heard the submissions of the Centre and Delhi Government and sought details regarding supply of happy seeder machines to farmers so that crop stubble burning, which causes pollution in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Western Uttar Pradesh, can be reined in.