Court instructed the Center to take insistent steps to observe pollution in the city
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi government notify the Supreme Court on Monday that they are all set to implement a complete lockdown in the national capital to control the rising levels of air pollution. On the other hand, the Delhi government also wants lockdown to be imposed in the neighbouring NCR region.
“Such a step (complete lockdown) will be meaningful if it is implemented across the NCR areas in neighbouring states”, in an affidavit on Monday, the Delhi government said.
“Given Delhi's compact size, a lockdown would have limited impact on the air quality regime. This issue would need to be addressed at the level of airshed involving NCR areas,” the AAP government said.
It is believed that Delhi will impose a lockdown if it is required for the entire NCR either by the Centre for air quality management in the Delhi and adjoining areas.
The court has instructed the Centre to take urgent steps in order to keep an eye on pollution in the city including the imposition of a lockdown for two days.
In context of the worsening air quality, the Delhi government already ordered the shutting down of schools, colleges and other educational institutions for a week starting Monday.
"All schools, colleges and educational institutes in Delhi to remain shut next week as pollution levels hit emergency level," deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said last week.
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