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Polluted air is mostly coming from Pakistan, the Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court during a hearing on pollution in Delhi and nearby cities. That provoked a question from Chief Justice NV Ramana that UP's lawyers could not answer.

SC had asked the Uttar Pradesh government to approach the commission on air quality management with its grievance against the direction that the industries, which were not running on cleaner fuel in NCR, will be allowed to operate for eight hours a day only.

Amid severe air pollution in Delhi, the Supreme Court has often witnessed either Centre blaming the Delhi government for not doing enough to curb pollution and vice versa

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Delhi government to go ahead with construction activities of hospitals in the city and expressed satisfaction over fresh steps taken by the Commission for Air Quality Management in Delhi-NCR for enforcement of orders to tackle air pollution. NCR Air Pollution: Supreme Court Allows Construction Activity of Hospitals in Delhi.

The Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court that polluted air from Pakistan affects the air quality in Delhi. The government argued that the polluted air from the state industries doesn't go towards Delhi.

The Supreme Court on Friday approved the decision by the 'Commission for Air Quality Management in Delhi and Adjoining States' to set up an Enforcement Task Force and flying squads to ensure compliance of its orders to curb air pollution here.

Advocate Ranjit Kumar told the Apex Court that UP is in the downward wind direction and the air from there does not come to Delhi, believed air mostly coming from Pakistan.

The court did not ask for schools to be shut and the decision was taken by the Delhi government, CJI Ramana said.

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