The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the governments of Punjab and Haryana for not taking penal action against farmers indulging in stubble-burning which turns Delhi-NCR into a virtual gas chamber during from October-December.

On the seriousness with which CAQM meetings are taken by its members, the bench noted that only five out of eleven members attended the Commission’s meeting held on August 29 to discuss the issue of air pollution in Delhi and the directions of top court were not even discussed.

Raising serious concerns regarding the increasing incidents of stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana, the SC on Thursday slammed the Commission for Air Quality Management for its failure to enforce it

The top court also criticised the states for collecting just nominal compensation from farmers engaging in stubble burning, which annually causes lethal, toxic air pollution in Delhi.

The data presented by CAQM showed that between September 15 and 30, there were 129 stubble burning incidents in Punjab and Haryana.

The Supreme Court hit out at the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) and the Punjab and Haryana governments on why it did not take penal action against farmers over stubb

The Supreme Court on Thursday (3 October) noted that from 15 to 30 September 129 cases of illegal stubble burning were reported from Punjab and 81 from Haryana, Live Law reported. "In some of the districts in Punjab and Haryana,