'Your Job To Control It': Supreme Court Rebukes Delhi, Punjab On Pollution

November 21, 2023 | Duration: 0 min, 41 sec

The Supreme Court came down hard on the Punjab and Delhi governments Tuesday - and offered a measure of support to farmers from the former state - as it continues a marathon hearing into a clutch of petitions about the toxic air that blankets and chokes the national capital every winter. A bench of Justices SK Kaul and S Dhulia ordered the states - both ruled by the Aam Aadmi Party - to take action against the burning of agricultural waste, which adds significantly to Delhi's AQI crisis.