SC to hear today if GRAP-IV steps should continue in Delhi

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear petitions, especially a plea filed by noted environmentalist MC Mehta, related to pollution in Delhi-NCR. Delhi’s air quality showed improvement on Sunday, moving from the ‘severe’ to ‘very poor’ category, with the Air Quality Index dropping to 370 at 6 am and further to 313 by 6 pm. A two-judge bench of the apex court, led by Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih, in its last hearing on November 22, indicated that the GRAP-IV restrictions should continue. The apex court on Friday directed the Delhi government and police to constitute checkpoints at all 113 entry points to Delhi to check the entry of trucks.