SC to hear pollution cases related to Delhi, other cities today
The Supreme Court will expand its focus on air pollution to other cities in India during a hearing scheduled for Thursday.
The Supreme Court will expand its focus on air pollution to other cities in India during a hearing scheduled for Thursday.
India’s escalating air pollution crisis is one of its gravest public health challenges, yet it remains strikingly absent from mainstream cultural narratives.
Within a fortnight, the degree of air pollution in the industrial cities of Durgapur and Asansol have further crossed the pollution levels of the country's highest polluted cities in recent times.
According to the 2010 Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), published by the WHO, indoor air pollution is the second largest killer in India after blood pressure, claiming two lives every minute.
Besides, air pollution ranks among the leading risk factors contributing to the disease burden in most South East Asian countries and India is no exception.
In the morning there was a thick haze blanket in the skys of the national capital and adjoining areas as the Air Quality Index (AQI) breached the 400 mark at multiple locations, as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
In a post on X, the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, "In light of the rising pollution levels, all govt and private primary schools in Delhi will remain closed for the next 2 days."
Delhi Metro is already running 40 additional train trips on weekdays (Monday-Friday) from October 25 onwards when the GRAP-II stage came into force, a DMRC spokesperson said
The Average Air Quality Index (AQI) in the city was measured at 364, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Some places in the city continued to battle 'severe' levels of air quality with AQI levels clocking over 400.
Delhi enforces electric, CNG, and BS VI-compliant buses to combat 'very poor' air quality, effective November 1.