Set up ‘smog tower’ to fight pollution: Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday gave three months to the Centre and the Delhi government to set up a ‘smog tower’ pilot project at Connaught Place, here, to address the menace of air pollution. A Bench, comprising Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Deepak Gupta, didn’t agree with authorities’ submissions seeking time until August-September 2020. “We don’t want to waste one more year,” said the Bench. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) A.N.S. Nadkarni, representing the Centre, contended that it had filed an affidavit in this connection. Setting up of a smog tower under the pilot project would require at least six months, he submitted. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing the Delhi government, said the smog tower, being a pilot project, would require nearly nine months. The judges also held a short discussion with the IIT professor, who is part of the high-level committee examining various technologies, like smog towers and anti-smog guns, to combat air pollution. (IANS)

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