Delhi HC seeks action plan from states to control air pollution

The court has given all the states 3 weeks to tender concrete plans

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the states of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi to formulate a detailed action plan with definite timelines to eliminate the problem of crop burning in the coming year.

The bench of Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Ashutosh Kumar pulled up the Punjab government in particular, for their failure to indicate what steps had already been taken to control the menace of stubble burning in the current season. “It seems that the state of Punjab is still in denial mode with regard to crop burning in the state. They have not