The Central government has been directed by the Supreme Court to review technology from Japan with a view to tackling the issue of air pollution in India..A Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice SA Bobde recorded the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the Central government is exploring various technology, including hydrogen-based technology adopted by Japan, to tackle the issue..The Court, therefore, directed the Centre to review the technology and submit a report about its outcome on December 3..The Court was hearing a suo motu case registered by Supreme Court after air quality level in Delhi and surrounding States plummetted..Last week, the Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta pulled up the Centre and the Delhi government for their inaction on the air pollution choking the national capital..The air quality index in Delhi and other parts of Northern India has crossed hazardous and toxic levels, the Court had noted. It further observed that “no room in Delhi is safe”. Despite installing air purifiers, the PM 2.5 levels were at 500 and 600, indicating a grim situation, the Bench said..“The right to life is the most important. We can’t live like this, cannot survive in this atmosphere. We are losing precious years of our life.”.The Bench went on to pass a number of directions to tackle the issue of stubble burning, the major cause of the air pollution plaguing Delhi NCR and other regions in North India..Among these was a direction to the governments of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi to process the stubble and bear the costs of the same..The Court will take up this matter for hearing next on November 15. The states were given a time of seven days to comply with the directions regarding hiring of machinery for stubble processing.
The Central government has been directed by the Supreme Court to review technology from Japan with a view to tackling the issue of air pollution in India..A Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice SA Bobde recorded the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the Central government is exploring various technology, including hydrogen-based technology adopted by Japan, to tackle the issue..The Court, therefore, directed the Centre to review the technology and submit a report about its outcome on December 3..The Court was hearing a suo motu case registered by Supreme Court after air quality level in Delhi and surrounding States plummetted..Last week, the Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta pulled up the Centre and the Delhi government for their inaction on the air pollution choking the national capital..The air quality index in Delhi and other parts of Northern India has crossed hazardous and toxic levels, the Court had noted. It further observed that “no room in Delhi is safe”. Despite installing air purifiers, the PM 2.5 levels were at 500 and 600, indicating a grim situation, the Bench said..“The right to life is the most important. We can’t live like this, cannot survive in this atmosphere. We are losing precious years of our life.”.The Bench went on to pass a number of directions to tackle the issue of stubble burning, the major cause of the air pollution plaguing Delhi NCR and other regions in North India..Among these was a direction to the governments of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi to process the stubble and bear the costs of the same..The Court will take up this matter for hearing next on November 15. The states were given a time of seven days to comply with the directions regarding hiring of machinery for stubble processing.