Delhi Air Pollution - Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing

Amicus: from Mr Jatin Kumar's report itself that they are getting cement under wheat flour. Essential commodities is wheat flour so there was cement under the wheat flour. These are the kind of things happening. It is good to say that GRAP 4 to GRAP 3 or GRAP 2 but they don't even implement GRAP 4 which is the highest that we can.

J Oka: now there has to be a logical conclusion. Action should be taken against those who is incharge of the area of the specific cases pointed out.

Counsel points to a report of a court commissioner: they were no CCTV cameras at the border and no civic volunteers or teams from Delhi governments. Trucks come inside.

Amicus: that's why trucks should be stopped at NCR border and not in Delhi your lordships.

Counsel: construction activities are happening across Delhi. Factories running, waste being burnt.

J Oka: under section 14 CAQM notice is not required. We have passed order about this. what is the purpose of issuing notice? Straight away action has to be taken. Nobody has bothered about implementation.

J Oka: now what are you proposing.

Bhati: the AQI is now in manageable limits. Please consider allowing us to impose GRAP IV in the manner we have now undertaken.

J Oka: the problem is even today GRAP IV is not being implemented. Just see the report of the court commissioners.

J Oka: now what about the mitigating measures. Is the money paid to the daily wagers.

Amicus: you lord ships may give a time bound schedule. They have not crystallized any amount and relief is not yet forthcoming.

J Oka: from the data it is clear that both the states are very slow in taking action against the farmers.

J Oka: How are you getting the data? 24/7 you must get data for stubble burning. Everyone is start enough to know that in certain times the data is collected so they don't burn then. So the final solution has to be found.

Bhati: ISRO is working on the protocol. One of the satellite didn't succeed but ISRO is among the best in the world they are working on it, they will help us with the protocols. 

Court is told about a India Today sting operation that found that the people were told to burn the crops after 4 o'clock.

J Oka: now we want to know from both states how many crop burning instances are there.

Bhati: we have given the figures. Bhati reads out data from past 5 days in Punjab ranging from 15 to 50 cases a day.

Bhati: we have issued notice to Commissioner of Police, Special commissioner of traffic, additional chief secretary, transport commissioner, commissioner MCD seeking explanation and respond by second of December.

J Oka: You have to withdraw this. Last sentence will give a signal as if GRAP 3 continues.

Bhati: we will withdraw it but the intention was to clarify.