Air pollution in the national capital is of an "emergency nature", the Delhi High Court today observed and said this situation would not have arisen if the authorities had implemented laws and rules in place to prevent environmental degradation.<br/><br/>A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva was of the view that while legislations were in place for ensuring maintenance of air quality levels, individuals and departments tasked to enforce the rules, "have not done their work". The court, referred to particulate matter-PM 2.5 and PM 10-and said as per the statutory norms their levels are not to<br/>exceed 60 microgram per cubic meter per day and 100 microgram per cubic meter per day, respectively. <br/><br/>It directed DPCC(Delhi Pollution Control Committee) , represented by advocate Sanjeev Ralli, to "analyse data from 2011 onwards and to provide it a monthly average chart of each pollutant.

Air pollution in the national capital is of an "emergency nature", the Delhi High Court today observed and said this situation would not have arisen if the authorities had implemented laws and rules in place to prevent environmental degradation.<br/><br/>A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva was of the view that while legislations were in place for ensuring maintenance of air quality levels, individuals and departments tasked to enforce the rules, "have not done their work". The court, referred to particulate matter-PM 2.5 and PM 10-and said as per the statutory norms their levels are not to<br/>exceed 60 microgram per cubic meter per day and 100 microgram per cubic meter per day, respectively. <br/><br/>It directed DPCC(Delhi Pollution Control Committee) , represented by advocate Sanjeev Ralli, to "analyse data from 2011 onwards and to provide it a monthly average chart of each pollutant.