SC sets up panel to monitor stubble burning; CPCB blames bad weather

The apex court says NCR citizens have the 'right to breathe' and there needs to be some monitoring of stubble burning before it assumes unhealthy proportions

The Supreme Court constituted a committee under former judge M B Lokur to monitor stubble burning in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana in wake of rising air pollution in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). The one-man committee would be assisted by the chief secretaries of the concerned states.

The apex court noted that the citizens of the NCR have the ‘right to breathe’ and there needs to be some monitoring of stubble burning before it assumes unhealthy proportions.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde ordered that all the concerned authorities in Delhi and Environment Pollution