Former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Tuesday lashed out at the Supreme Court, saying that it prioritised the “right to burn crackers over the right to live and breathe”. He stressed on the importance of a ‘unified’ plan of action to bring in control Delhi's air pollution, with the national capital's Air Quality Index (AQI) climbing to the ‘severe’ category a day after Diwali.

The Supreme Court had recently lifted the blanket ban on firecrackers, and allowed green crackers to be burned on the occasion of Diwali for two hours. This resulted in fireworks across the city on Monday, but Tuesday saw an apocalyptic sky with the air quality dipping to dangerous levels.

The 2023 G20 Sherpa backed a “ruthless and sustained execution” of plans to control the Delhi air pollution.

“Delhi remains

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