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should be used for purchasing equipment for real time air quality monitoring stations being set up in Delhi and NCR. should be used for purchasing equipment for real time air quality

monitoring stations being set up in Delhi and NCR. It also modified its earlier direction and said that EPCA should inspect Pollution Under Control (PUC) Centres in the NCR region and submit

its reports. Citing the report, the bench said, "Action to combat air pollution from all sources, particularly toxic emissions from combustive sources like vehicles, power plants and

factories is critical." It asked CPCB, EPCA and the governments of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to hold a meeting within two weeks and come out with a comprehensive plan

to check pollution in the national capital. "You should go through all the plans submitted by different bodies within two weeks and file a comprehensive plan with regard to checking

pollution in Delhi," the bench said. The apex court had on January 17 warned that the problem of air pollution was very serious and solutions need to be found urgently, rather than in

years. The Solictor General had also informed the court that the government has notified the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) on January 12 in compliance with the court's earlier

order. The apex court had on December 2 last year accorded its nod to GRAP to tackle different levels of pollution. It had also asked CPCB to upgrade its existing infrastructure and set up

additional monitoring stations in Delhi-NCR within six months. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)