NGT WANTS AIR QUALITY DATA FROM NEARBY STATES
NEW DELHI : The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday asked Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan to submit ambient air quality analysis data within two weeks. A bench headed by acting NGT chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim asked the Central Pollution Control Board and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to analyse the data and submit their recommendations.
“We direct the CPCB and the DPCC to analyse the ambient air quality data of Delhi and NCR and submit their conclusions coupled with their recommendations as regard the air quality,” the bench said. The tribunal posted the matter for next hearing on April 23.
The court had earlier slammed the Punjab and Haryana governments for filing generalised action plans to combat air pollution, and asked them to refer to its previous judgments on the issue.
The tribunal had rapped the Delhi government and the neighbouring states over their action plan on ways to deal with severe air pollution in the city and directed them to file a detailed report to tackle the problem.
It observed that air pollution was never at a “normal level” in the capital and directed the neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to file the action plan afresh.