5 PILs on air pollution in Lucknow: Combined hearing after 3 weeks

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court accepted five PILs on increasing air pollution level in the state capital and clubbed them together for a combined hearing after three weeks.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday accepted five PILs on increasing air pollution level in the Lucknow and clubbed them together for a combined hearing after three weeks.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court accepted five PILs on increasing air pollution level.

A bench of chief Justice, Uttar Pradesh, Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale, and Justice Vivek Chaudhary passed the order on Tuesday. Justice Bhosale is in the state capital.

Lawyer Gaurav Gupta, a petitioner in person, is among the five litigants.

Gupta’s PIL explains in detail all aspects of air pollution in the state capital. He has also suggested remedies for tackling it.

In the PIL, Gupta stated that Lucknow’s air quality had been constantly under ‘very poor’ or ‘severe’ category due to a high concentration of micro-pollutants that needs to be addressed with urgency.