GRAP 4 Stays, Supreme Court Flags No Coordination In Delhi Pollution Fight
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The Supreme Court court said it had expected at least one of the NCR states to show that they had paid allowance to workers after construction was halted.
Coming down heavily on Delhi and other National Capital Region states for not paying an allowance to labourers after construction activities were halted due to air pollution, the Supreme Court today said it has seen that the ball starts rolling only when it summons top officers.
"We find that none of the NCR States have complied with our direction to pay compensation to construction workers. Not even proof of a penny being paid has been shown. We order the Chief Secretaries to be present on VC (video conference). Let them come, then they will be serious. We want proof," the bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice AG Masih said. "It is our experience that the ball starts rolling only when we summon."
The court said it had expected at least one of the states to show that they had paid the allowance to a sizeable number of workers. The Chief Secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have been asked to appear on Thursday.
