A plea was filed by a 17 years old boy Aditya Dubey seeking measures to check harmful air pollution. The top court asked the Centre to impose a 2 days complete lockdown in Delhi in order to curb increasing levels of air pollution. A three-judge bench heard this plea and after detailed arguments, concluded that traffic, industries, and transport are also major causes of air pollution. It is not just about stubble burning which is only 4% of air pollution.
On Monday, the Supreme Court of India observed that stubble burning is responsible only for 4% of air pollution. The Centre's affidavit states 24% air pollution is caused by transport, 27% by dust and 75% is by industries.
"You accept farm fires are not a major cause of pollution. So the hue and cry over stubble burning has no legal or scientific basis?" Justice Surya Kant, who was part of the three-judge bench said.
"In fact now the cat is out of the bag... So we are targeting something which is totally insignificant," J...
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