On Monday, the court warned the governments of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh to stop stubble burning.
The SC has said in the strict words that the entire administration including the police, secretary, sarpanch, etc.
would be held responsible if another instance of stubble burning takes place in these states.
We are losing precious years of our lives… It is writ large that various State governments, civic bodies have failed to discharge their liabilities.
It is time to fix liability… This is a shocking state of affairs,” the frustrated Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta asserted.
Justice Mishra said, “Who is responsible for stubble burning?
With the air pollution in Delhi starting to deteriorate again, blame game over the source of the pollution has already started with Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal refuting a report of both the EPCA – Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority – and Government of India’s SAFAR which states that local sources and not stubble burning contribute towards pollution in Delhi.
Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority, a Supreme Court mandated body which is tasked with taking measures to tackle air pollution in the National Capital Region, in a report, said that while external biomass burning commonly called as stubble burning cannot be ignored, it contributes only 10% to Delhi’s pollution whereas 90% of the Delhi’s pollution is caused due to internal sources of pollution.
The report makes it quite clear that it is the local sources of pollution that need to be tackled on a priority basis.
SAFAR which is the Ministry of Earth Science’s air quality and weather forecast service, has said that the share of biomass burning in PM 2.5 concentration in Delhi has remained less than 10 percent so far.
Media reports have quoted the SAFAR saying,
“Although stubble burning incidents in Haryana, Punjab and nearby border regions are moderate, there’s going to be a significant change in circulation pattern and the direction at transport height is going to be southeasterly, which means the impact of biomass burning is going to be negligible.”
CM Kejriwal has also affirmed the fact and described the national capital as a “gas chamber.” Chief Minister Kejriwal recently distributed breathing masks to school children and that is when he expressed his concern about the air pollution in Delhi.
Delhi School To Remain Closed Till Next Thursday As The Pollution Control Board Announced Public Health Emergency In Delhi
The pollution Control Board that has been assigned by Supreme Court has declared an emergency regarding public health in Delhi and NCR due to the growing air pollution in the area since Diwali.
The board is looking for solutions to improve the situation because a thick layer of smog has covered Delhi after people burst crackers on the Diwali Night.
CM asked the school authorities to stop all the activities including the sports and outdoor activities.
He has sent this request to protect the school children from the effects of air pollution in Delhi.
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The Supreme Court dismissed the bail application of a petitioner, who is an Officer of the office of the Alipore District Judge’s Court, accused of floating a tender without the permission of the District Judge.
During the investigation, it has been found that there were no supplies but entries were affected in the documents of the office.
The Counsel, appearing for the State of West Bengal, opposed the bail application and submitted that the petitioner is not cooperating with the investigation.
Whereas the Counsel, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that he needs time to file a rejoinder.Read More....