The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the governments of Punjab and Haryana to file status reports on the measures they have taken to curb stubble burning, which continues to contribute to the worsening air pollution in Delhi and the surrounding National Capital Region, Live Law reported.

A bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran passed the order after it was told that Delhi’s air quality had deteriorated to “severe” levels, leading to the implementation of Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan, or GRAP, Bar and Bench reported.

GRAP is a set of incremental anti-pollution measures that are triggered to prevent further worsening of air quality once it reaches a certain threshold in the Delhi-NCR region.

“Let the Punjab and Haryana governments

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