The real time air quality index was 306, a levels designated as” dangerous” by the Swiss company IQAir, at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
According to Supreme Court Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul,” we direct the state governments of Punjab and neighboring states to Delhi — Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh — to ensure that crop ( residue ) burning is immediately stopped.”
In order to quickly clean their areas before planting straw crops, farmers in Punjab and Haryana typically burn produce straw left behind after corn is harvested in late October or early November.
According to the federal government’s air quality monitoring agency SAFAR, the practice has been used for years, and the smoke that results from it typically accounts for 30 % to 40 % of the pollution in Delhi in October and November.