Supreme Court to hear today plea on air pollution in Delhi

SC to perceive contiguous plea connected aerial contamination successful Delhi

As the nationalist Capital chokes nether 'severe plus' aerial prime amid dense fog, the Supreme Court is acceptable to perceive connected Monday a nationalist involvement litigation (PIL) relating to power of pollution.

As per the causelist published connected the website of the apex court, a seat of Justices Abhay S.Oka and A.G. Masih volition instrumentality up the fashionable M.C. Mehta lawsuit for proceeding connected November 18.

Delhi's aerial prime plunged to 'hazardous' levels with the Air Quality Index (AQI) soaring to 481 astatine 7 a.m. connected Monday, classified arsenic 'severe-plus'. This alarming level has terrible wellness implications, peculiarly for susceptible populations.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an Orange Alert for dense fog. The fog has further exacerbated the concern by importantly reducing visibility. The operation of fog and toxic aerial has affected formation operations, causing wide delays.

Despite stringent measures to curb pollution, Delhi remains engulfed successful smog, with locals describing the metropolis arsenic a "gas chamber". The concern has worsened leaving citizens struggling to respire successful the toxic air. The acold question has besides arrived, compounding the wellness crisis.

The Supreme Court has taken a pugnacious basal connected rising contamination successful the nationalist capital. It had pulled up the Delhi authorities for not implementing the firecrackers prohibition and called for an affidavit from the Delhi authorities and Police Commissioner detailing the steps taken to enforce the same.

It had asked the Delhi authorities arsenic good arsenic the Delhi Police to item steps they suggest to instrumentality to mitigate contamination adjacent year.

Further, the apex tribunal had asked the states of Punjab and Haryana to record affidavits detailing the presumption of stubble burning wrong their jurisdictions.

Earlier connected Sunday, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) invoked each actions arsenic envisaged nether Stage-IV of the Graded Response Action Plan ('Severe+' Air Quality) successful Delhi-NCR from Monday amid worsening air.

The determination came aft the Sub-Committee for operationalisation of the GRAP called an exigency gathering successful presumption of the rising contamination owing to unfavourable meteorological conditions successful Delhi-NCR.