The Delhi High Court on Thursday termed as “woefully inadequate” the efforts made by the Centre as well as the authorities in the Capital to mitigate the poor air quality here.
The observation by a Bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and Sanjeev Sachdeva came as none of the authorities, including the city municipal bodies, were able to show they had complied with the court’s urgent directions of last week to bring down the air pollution.
“Steps taken are woefully inadequate,” the Bench observed even as the municipal corporations and the Delhi government assured the court that they sprinkled water on the roads as ordered by it to reduce dust generation.
Half-marathon still on
Meanwhile, the HC on Thursday refused to postpone the Delhi Half Marathon on November 19 after its organisers said participants could opt out with full refund of their money if they did not want to run in view of air pollution.
The promoters of the event, told the court that measures have been put in place to ensure that the participants were provided a “conducive environment” to run.