Thursday, February 6th, 2025

Punjab should declare itself helpless… Supreme Court is strict on pollution, what else did it say?

New Delhi: In view of the threat of air pollution in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court has adopted a strict attitude. The Supreme Court has reprimanded the Haryana and Punjab governments for not taking action against those who burn stubble. The Supreme Court has ordered the Chief Secretaries of both the states to appear in the court on October 23. The court has asked for an explanation as to why those who burn stubble were not prosecuted. A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice Augustine George Masih slammed the Haryana and Punjab governments for failing to take action against those who burn stubble. Directed the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to take punitive action against the officials. The Supreme Court also said that if the Punjab government considers itself helpless, it should declare so.

This is not a political matter: SC

The bench said, ‘This is not a political matter. If the Chief Secretary is working on someone’s instructions then we will issue summons against him/her also. Next Wednesday we will call the Chief Secretary and ask him/her everything. Nothing has been done, Punjab government also did the same. This attitude is one of complete disregard. The court reprimanded the Punjab government on this issue and said that not a single case has been filed in the state regarding stubble burning in the last three years.

Supreme Court angry at Punjab Government

The court said that the Punjab government has not made any effort to seek funds from the Center to provide tractors to the farmers. The Supreme Court compared the CAQM to a toothless tiger. Earlier, the court had pulled up the CAQM for failing to curb air pollution in Delhi due to stubble burning in neighboring states and said it needed to adopt a more proactive approach.

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