Talking tough on pollution in Delhi, the Supreme Court has asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to prosecute government officials for not acting on around 250 complaints received by it from citizens.
A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said officials who have failed to act on the complaints should be prosecuted. Additional Solicitor General A N S Nadkarni, who was appearing for the CPCB, he said the Board would look into the suggestion.
Nadkarni said from November 1-22 this year, the CPCB received 749 air pollution complaints on their social media accounts and action was taken on around 500 such complaints. (AIR)