Supreme Court goes beyond Deepavali AQI, flags vehicular emissions polluting Delhi air

NEW DELHI Forty-eight hours before Deepavali, amidst the rising crescendo of crackers heralding the festivities, a Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said the people, and not the judiciary, must strike a blow against air pollution in the national capital. Toxic smog continues to blanket Delhi as air quality remains poor after Diwali shorts 1 Instead, the court went beyond Deepavali to highlight a consistent danger that sustains and would worsen the toxic air: vehicular emissions.

On November 6, the court detected a sharp increase in issues attributable to vehicular emissions. A country bogged down by smog A country bogged down by smog A country bogged down by smog storyline 1 It told the authorities that the thick smog, which later raised the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) to almost the ‘severe’ category following Deepavali, had nowhere to go in the landlocked capital.

The substantial commercial and non-commercial traffic entering Delhi would only compound the problem in the coming days.