Find lasting solution to stubble burning: SC - Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said unabated stubble burning was one of the main sources of bad air in Delhi-NCR, and asked the Centre and states to consider framing a policy to phase out paddy from Punjab by gradually reducing the MSP - the assured price scheme which incentivises farmers to grow paddy - and extending it to alternative crops like millets.
Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, told the bench that the Delhi CM had earlier claimed that his government, in association with the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, had developed a bio-chemical solution that could convert the stubble into fertiliser. He said the chemical should be used by states as it would be a win-win situation for all. He added that any decision on MSP - whether to continue or withdraw it - was a policy decision that should be left to the government.
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The bench did not agree. "Blame game must stop. We do not enter into policy issues but when people are dying, we will," it said.
Senior advocate Aparajita Singh, who is assisting the court as amicus curiae, told the bench that successive governments had failed to tackle the pollution crisis which had intensified over the years and only the court's order could bring succour to the people. Referring to a study done by IIT-Kanpur, she said stubble burning's contribution to air pollution stood at 20% as against 15% in the case of vehicular pollution.
The Punjab government admitted that stubble burning was one of the main reasons for Delhi's pollution but told the bench that such incidents had come down by 40% in comparison to last year and assured the court that it would take effective steps to curb the entrenched practice. The court thereafter directed all the states to stop crop burning and said the local SHO and other officers would be held responsible for violation of its order. The court took strong exception to non-functioning smog towers set up on its order and directed the DPCC chairperson to remain present in court on the next date.
"It is stated that the smog tower which has been instituted in pursuance to the directions issued earlier, albeit on experimental basis, is not working. On our query, the answer is some disciplinary action is proposed against an officer, who is chairman of DPCC. This is ludicrous. We want the tower to be working. As to against which officer what they do is their business," the court said.

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