NHRC summons Chief Secretaries of 4 states

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday expressed dissatisfaction over the various actions taken by the governments of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi so far to control increasing air pollution in Delhi NCR, and asked the Chief Secretaries of the four states to be present before it on 10 November for a detailed discussion on the same.
“The Chief Secretaries of these States are expected to inform the Commission within a week positively before this discussion about the steps taken by their respective governments to stop the burning of stubble in their regions,” NHRC said in an official release. The Commission also asked the states to inform about the effect of smog towers and anti-smog guns as to how many such anti-smog guns are operational and measures planned by the government of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi and the concerned governments in near future.
The commission also directed that the states of Punjab and Haryana specifically inform about the effect of the scheme of in-situ management of crop residue in their respective limits.
The NHRC issued the directives in consideration of a report and the material on record received from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in response to its notice issued on 22 June 2022, following media reports which claimed that air pollution is a great threat to human health in India, reducing overall life expectancy by 5 years and 9.7 years for the people in Delhi.
The MoEF&CC in its report also mentioned several steps being taken by the Centre as well as the State governments to reduce air pollution levels including the implementation of the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) for reducing levels of air pollution in non-attainment cities (NACS) of the country since January 2019.

within a week positively before this discussion about the steps taken by their respective governments to stop the burning of stubble in their regions,” NHRC said in an official release. The Commission also asked the states to inform about the effect of smog towers and anti-smog guns as to how many such anti-smog guns are operational and measures planned by the government of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi and the concerned governments in near future.
The commission also directed that the states of Punjab and Haryana specifically inform about the effect of the scheme of in-situ management of crop residue in their respective limits.
The NHRC issued the directives in consideration of a report and the material on record received from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in response to its notice issued on 22 June 2022, following media reports which claimed that air pollution is a great threat to human health in India, reducing overall life expectancy by 5 years and 9.7 years for the people in Delhi.
The MoEF&CC in its report also mentioned several steps being taken by the Centre as well as the State governments to reduce air pollution levels including the implementation of the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) for reducing levels of air pollution in non-attainment cities (NACS) of the country since January 2019.