US EditionWhat Changes in Delhi to Tackle Pollution — ‘50% Office Attendance, Fuel Curbs, Action Against Below-BS-IV Vehicles'
The Supreme Court ordered direct financial aid to 7,000 verified construction workers among 250,000 affected by pollution curbs while urging long-term anti-smog strategies.
- The bench ordered the Commission for Air Quality Management to revisit long-term strategies and asked NCR governments to examine urban mobility, traffic management, and stubble burning.
- Delhi's administration was told to urgently verify construction workers idle due to pollution curbs; around 7,000 workers have been verified out of nearly 2.5 lakh, with direct money transfers assured.
- The discussion focused on a December 15 circular that shut classes from nursery to grade five, with senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy arguing closures deprive poor children of mid-day meals and safer settings.
- On December 17 the court chose to stay clear on school attendance, banking on the winter break to see if AQI improves and listed MC Mehta's PIL for January 6.
- It urged the government to consider alternative work for idle labourers and cautioned that `it should not be that money transferred to workers' accounts disappears or travels to another account`, while the Chief Justice noted enforcement has been weak.
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Delhi air pollution: SC points to winter school break while hearing a plea to open primary classes, mid-day meal
The senior counsel said for the poor, who could not afford air-purifiers, staying at home, away from school, deprives them of education, a mid-day meal and no safety from pollution; for them, the intensity of pollution at home may be worse than in school.
Delhi Air Pollution: Supreme Court Allows Ban of 10-Year-Old Diesel and 15-Year-Old Petrol Vehicles Below BS-IV in Delhi-NCR
Today, December 17, the Supreme Court modified its August 12 order, which barred coercive action against diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years in the Delhi-NCR. The apex court said that action can be taken against such vehicle owners who meet emission standards below BS-IV. The top court passed the order at the request of the Delhi government. Delhi Air Pollution: Supreme Court Allows Ban of 10-Year-Old Dies…
What changes in Delhi to tackle pollution — ‘50% office attendance, fuel curbs, action against below-BS-IV vehicles'
Today, while hearing a plea on air pollution in Delhi, the Supreme Court said the state government can take action against owners using vehicles below the BS-IV (Bharat Stage 4) emission standard in the NCR region.
"Only BS-4 And Above": Supreme Court Tweaks Order On Older Vehicles In Delhi
Only vehicles with BS4 engines will be exempted from action if they are found running in Delhi, the Supreme Court said today, modifying its earlier order banning 10-year-old diesel-run vehicles and 15-year-old petrol-run vehicles from December 18.
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