The air quality crisis in Delhi has sparked a debate if farm fires are a major contributing factor.
New Delhi:
The Supreme Court today said the government must go after the farmers against the burning of straw and stressed that it does not want to punish the farmers while Delhi and surrounding cities are witnessing a quality crisis. air volume is increasing.
“We don’t want to penalize the farmers. We have asked the Center to pursue and ask those farmers not to burn the stubble for at least a week,” Chief Justice NV Ramana said today.
“The TV debates are causing more pollution than any other source. Everyone has their own agenda there. We are trying to find a solution here,” the Chief Justice said. added as the court heard its third day on air pollution since last week. .
His sharp comments were in response to the back-and-forth between the Delhi government and the hub for straw burning data.
As the hearing began, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the center, told the court he faced “annoying comments” about the data he presented in court on Monday.
“We’ve heard some nasty things on TV about me that I misled the court by saying that stubble burning contributed only 4-7%. throughout the year,” he told the court. .
To this, Chief Justice Ramana replied: “These figures are not important to us. Unless the parties in the case are trying to redirect the matter. We are worried about minimizing pollution. . When the conscience is clear, there is no problem. Forget it.”
When Delhi government lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi was about to quote data from the central agency SAFAR, the Chief Justice said: “If you see the newspaper today, each newspaper has its own statistics.”
“Forget the politics… our job is to tell you that stubble burning is a cause. This percentage varies from 0 to 58%, based on the month we’re talking about. Total lawyers may have taken four months or six months – monthly average,” stressed Mr. Singhvi.
But Chief Justice Ramana reprimanded bluntly, “If you keep bringing up other things like that then the main problem will not be solved.”
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