Supreme Court on pollution : We cannot let people die due to pollution
Despite our intervention, pollution continues to increase every year.
Despite our intervention, pollution continues to increase every year.
The Supreme Court reprimanded State Governments over air pollution in Delhi. The Court also ordered Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to immediately stop the stubble burning.
Following Delhi, Kolkata ranks as the third most polluted city with an index of 206, while Mumbai claims the fifth spot with an index of 162.
On the 4th of November, the Air Quality Index in New Delhi was 534, Noida 576, and Gurugram 512.
This year, pollution has also increased in Pakistan’s Lahore. For this, an attempt is made to blame India.
Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s decision. At the same time, the Court also clarified, ’You can manufacture anything out of natural clay’.
The Union Ministry of Forest and Environment has fixed the period of utility for 134 electronic gadgets.
If the level of pollution is not brought down, the average life of a Delhi citizen will be reduced by eleven years and nine months.
Human-made pollutants have recently been discovered in the deepest and most remote places on Earth. The Atacama Trench is 8,000 meters deep in the Pacific Ocean.
Why citizens have to demand action on something that annoys them ? Why the Police and the Administration do not act on their own ?