After Supreme Court Rap, Delhi Air Pollution Panel's 'Flying Squads' Move
NDTV
Last week air quality levels in Delhi fell to 235 - in to the 'poor' category - for the first time in nearly four months.
Days after a rap on the knuckles from the Supreme Court, the Commission for Air Quality Management - a central government panel to monitor air pollution and quality in Delhi - has swung into action, setting up 'flying squads' to stop Punjab and Haryana farmers from burning stubble, or agricultural waste.
These squads will liaise with state anti-pollution bodies and cover 16 districts in Punjab and 10 in Haryana, which votes in an Assembly election this weekend.
On Friday a bench of Supreme Court Justices Abhay S Oka and AG Masih made several pointed remarks as the threat of toxic clouds smothering the national capital and surrounding areas - a winter staple over the past several years, with a lack of breeze meaning vehicular pollution, dust from construction activities, and smog from farm fires blankets and chokes the city.
