STUBBLE BURNING: SC likely to consider CAQM's compliance report on Oct 3

The Supreme Court is likely to consider on Thursday the Commission for Air Quality Management's report on compliance of its directions for curbing air pollution in Delhi-NCR due to stubble burning.

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Augustine George Masih is hearing a bunch of pleas seeking to reduce air pollution in the region.

The hearing holds importance as the top court on September 27 rapped the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) over its failure to curb air pollution in Delhi due to crop residue burning in the neighbouring states and said it needs to be more active in its approach.

It had expressed dissatisfaction over steps taken by the panel to control pollution and said the CAQM needs to exercise its power under the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021 to check air pollution due to stubble burning and other reasons.