New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Saturday termed the rise in air pollution in Delhi-NCR an ‘emergency’ situation and asked the Centre and the Delhi government to take emergency measures to improve the air quality.
A bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana said the situation of pollution is so bad that people are wearing masks inside their houses.
“Everybody has the passion of blaming farmers. Have you seen how crackers are being burnt in Delhi for the last seven days? It is an emergency situation, multiple measures are needed to be taken on the ground level,” the bench, also comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant, said.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said there is stubble-burning in Punjab. The bench, however, said, “Your projection is as if only farmers are responsible. What about steps taken to contain the pollution in Delhi?