The green panel slammed the Karnataka government for not taking appropriate action to clean the Bellandur lake and said it was not satisfied with the answers given by different authorities in relation to compliance of its directions.
System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, has recorded Delhi's air quality as "very poor" as the level of particulate matters spiked across the city
The move follows the decision of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to uphold ban on plying of over-ten-years-old diesel vehicles in the national capital region
Noting that diesel is prime source of air pollution in Delhi, the NGT said the situation is so alarming that people have been even advised to leave Delhi due to adverse effects on health