SC Demands Root Cause ID for Delhi Pollution, Slams CAQM Delays

• Supreme Court emphasizes identifying primary causes of Delhi's air pollution before implementing solutions, criticizing CAQM's slow approach.
• SC instructs CAQM to gather domain experts within two weeks to reach a unanimous conclusion on pollution factors and make findings public.
• Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant clarified the court's role is to ensure transparent, time-bound expert discussions, not to act as a "super expert."
• Court highlighted construction activities and vehicular emissions (40% of problem) for expert evaluation, while cautioning against simplistic solutions.
• Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) remains 'poor' (293), with Chandni Chowk at 'very poor' (352), and is forecast to stay 'poor' to 'very poor' for six days.

Why It Matters: SC mandates CAQM to urgently identify Delhi's pollution root causes and publicize findings for effective solutions.