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#DelhiPollution: Supreme Court takes up the issue of pollution in the capital and other parts of North India.

"Delhi is choking every year and we are not able to do anything. Evry year this is happening for 10-15 days," Justice Arun Mishra

Justice Arun Mishra: This cannot happen in a civilised country. Right to life is the most important... 'We want to burn our crop and let others die' we can't live like this

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Justice Arun Mishra: State machinery is also not functioning properly. There is passing of buck... Delhi should do or Centre should do. And now, see pollution levels.

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Justice Arun Mishra: What is the solution to stubble burning?

(To Punjab and Haryana) - Your states are also badly affected.. it's not just Delhi. Today the situation is grim. Burning is not the solution.

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Justice Arun Mishra: Today people are being advised not to come to Delhi. Who is responsible for this? State governments are responsible. We are making a mockery of everything

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Justice Deepak Gupta: We banned pet coke earlier then what happened... India became the largest importer of used tyres which is the most toxic source of pollution. Loopholes need to be plugged.

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Supreme Court adjourns the hearing in the hearing on #AirPollution for half an hour. An environment expert from IIT Delhi and a representative from the concerned Ministry to appear before the Court in half an hour on the issue of immediate steps that can be taken.

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The Joint Secretary in the MoEF appears before the Supreme Court. Court asks for the immediate steps that can be taken and the roadmap to tackle air pollution.

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Jt. Secretary, MoEF: Stubble burning which contributes to the particulate matter needs to be stopped immediately.

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Jt. Secretary, MoEF: All steps indicated in case of severe plus pollution need to be taken. This includes stopping all construction activity, stopping crop burning in Punjab and Haryana.

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Jt. Secretary, MoEF: Satellite feed of active fires is sent to relevant and concerned authorities and Magistrates asked to take steps

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Justice Arun Mishra: Scientifically speaking we are all losing precious years of our life. The question is how to extinguish these fires?

ASG ANS Nadkarni: The fires have been extinguished. The next step is to patrol the situation to ensure no more fires take place.

Jt. Secretary, MoEF: Informers will be given awards if they report instances of fire

Justice Mishra: Can this be left on informers?

Justice Mishra asks the Jr. Secretary, MoEF regarding possibility if cloud seeding to tackle the situation. The Court is told, meteorological department is the concerned department.

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EPCA chief Bhure Lal is also present in Court. He submits that all Chief secretaries should be held responsible

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Justice Mishra: Farmers cannot kill others fir their own livelihood. We have no sympathy for farmers if they keep burning crop

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Renowned environmentalist and director of Centre for science and environment, Sunita Narain submits before the Court that between Punjab and Haryana, Haryana has largely controlled burning, enforcement in Punjab is poor.

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Sunita Narain: When a situation like this arises, we can no longer be alarmed but need to act. This is an emergency now.

Justice Mishra: This is worse than emergency now.

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Amicus Curiae submits that construction activity should be stopped completely in Delhi.

Counsel for Delhi: Construction on Delhi is banned

Amicus: Only on paper

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Justice Mishra to Delhi Counsel: What are you achieving from Odd-Even scheme?

Counsel for Delhi: Diesel consumption is less and there is less pollution in Delhi. People will share vehicles.

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Amicus: Last year the Court had directed for orange stickers to indicate diesel vehicles. If the state was serious...

Justice Mishra (to Delhi): What will you achieve? You are stopping private cars, but autos and taxis can ply... they will ply more and pollute equally

Justice Gupta (To Delhi): It would make sense of you were saying cars vs buses. The solution is single-person-use vehicles against mass-use vehicles.

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Justice Gupta: You (Delhi) have only added some 100 buses to public transport. People don't even want to use Metros. The Metro to the Airport runs empty most of the time.

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ASG Nadkarni cites a report to point out that four districts in Punjab contribute to 44% of the crop burning incidents. Construction and demolition activities in NCR also contribute as major factors of pollution.

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Amicus cites EPCA report to say 40% pollution in NCR is because of crop burning in adjacent areas but 60% pollution is due to local factors like garbage burning, industrial activities, etc

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#Breaking: Supreme Court says stubble burning must stop immediately.

Entire police machinery and local administration to ensure no crop burning takes place.

In case of incidents of stubble burning, SC says entire administration will be held responsible.

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Chief Secretaries of Punjab, Haryana, and UP to be present in Court on Wednesday to explain inaction on curbing these incidents.

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Punjab, Haryana, and UP to explain why they should not be asked to pay compensation on the principle of polluter pays given they have failed to prevent stubble burning, Supreme Court says

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In NCR, no demolition and construction activity to take place. If any such activity nis found to be taking place, local administration will also be held responsible and liable, Supreme Court

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On #OddEven scheme, Govt of NCT of Delhi to file its response citing data based on previous exercise, on stopping of private cars as against allowing 2&3 wheelers and taxis.

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No power cuts to take place in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and UP to ensure no diesel generators are used.

High powered committe of States to meet today and the report to be submitted in Wednesday.

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