NEW DELHI: Supreme Court docket on Monday bristled at makes an attempt to pin the blame for Delhi-NCR air air pollution on farm fires and requested the Union and NCR govts to element measures taken on different air pollution sources — autos, industries, building, mud — and the tangible outcomes achieved via implementation of such steps.Amicus curiae and senior advocate Aparajita Singh and extra solicitor basic Aishwarya Bhati mentioned stubble burning incidents contribute to air pollution in Delhi-NCR for simply 15 days in winter months, however there are different main causes of air pollution which should be addressed around the 12 months.In protection of farmers, a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi mentioned, “Let stubble burning not be made a political or ego concern. Throughout Covid (lockdown), stubble burning was there. But, we may see stars within the night time sky. You (govt) say measures have been taken. Nonetheless, we will not see stars. What are the tangible outcomes achieved via enforcement of graded motion plan (Grap)? What actions have been taken towards different sources of air pollution?”Measures should be applied around the 12 months, says apex courtroomWhat’s being carried out about high-end fuel guzzlers, the bench requested. “Strengthening high quality public transport is vital to decreasing vehicular contribution in the direction of air air pollution. However that may take time and must be a part of the long-term plan,” it mentioned, including that monetary empowerment of individuals in India has led to a burgeoning variety of vehicles within the capital metropolis, which was not deliberate to accommodate so many individuals with particular person autos.As Bhati knowledgeable the courtroom that the variety of incidents of stubble burning has steadily gone down within the states of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, the bench requested if there was corresponding enchancment in air high quality in Delhi-NCR. “Normatively, you may need banned building actions however is there honest implementation on the bottom?”Bhati admitted that grape restrictions haven’t been scrupulously enforced. The bench mentioned that each short-term and long-term measures require intensive implementation around the 12 months and promised that issues regarding air air pollution could be heard by SC at the least twice a month around the 12 months.Senior advocate Ranjit Kumar mentioned all thermal energy vegetation have been required to implement sulfur dioxide emission management measures, primarily by putting in the Flue Fuel Desulphurisation (FGD) system, by 2021.The deadline has been prolonged by the federal government a number of instances, and now the thermal energy vegetation have been requested to implement the emission management measure by 2027-29, he mentioned.When Bhati mentioned that the federal government has already filed each short-term and long-term plans to deal with the issue of air air pollution, the bench requested why they aren’t revisited in the event that they haven’t been capable of scale back air pollution.On many events, the rural-urban bias of specialists ends in misdirection of efforts to curb air pollution, it mentioned, and steered that specialists conscious of floor realities of India, not those that studied at Harvard or different international universities, put together motion plans.The bench posted the matter for additional listening to on Dec 10.