Enforcement task force set up to monitor air pollution in Delhi-NCR, air quality panel tells SC
The Supreme Court criticised the Commission for Air Quality Management for failing to implement prevention directives and stop stubble burning.
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The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and surrounding areas informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that it has established a Special Enforcement Task Force to oversee and ensure the implementation of its statutory directives aimed at controlling air pollution, PTI reported.
In a compliance report submitted to the court, the air quality panel announced that 40 flying squads and inspection teams, supported by the Central Pollution Control Board, have been deployed to assist the task force.
The teams will conduct regular checks to detect significant violations of the commission’s statutory directives, the report said.
The task force has been constituted under the 2021 Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR & Adjoining Areas Act, the commission told a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Augustine George Masih.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court reprimanded the state governments of Punjab and Haryana for only collecting nominal compensation from farmers who burn paddy stubble, the Hindustan Times reported.
Air quality deteriorates sharply in the winter months in Delhi, which is often ranked the world’s most polluted capital. Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana, along with falling temperatures, decreased wind speed and emissions from industries and coal-fired plants contribute to air pollution.
The court also criticised the Commission for Air Quality Management for its inability...
