“We appreciate government’s decision to tackle the crop burning issue by implementing special schemes and providing machinery at special rate to support Governments of Haryana, Punjab, UP and Delhi NCR for management of crop residue. Every year, tonnes of agricultural stubble are burnt by farmers in northern India to make way for the winter crop. This would address the primary reasons behind farmers setting crop residue afire and give a brief relief to Delhi’s air pollution. However, this is just one of the contributors to heavy air pollution in the national capital region. In addition to the crop burning there are many other factors that deteriorates the air quality such as vehicular emissions, dust particles and pollutants in the air, large scale construction, industrial pollution and garbage dump, etc. The air quality needs to be within the permissible limit of 51-100 which is still a widely felt public concern.”