Hindustan Times (Delhi)

NGT WANTS AIR QUALITY DATA FROM NEARBY STATES

- HT Correspond­ent htreporter­s@hindustant­imes.com

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.

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