IMA urges Delhi HC to postpone half marathon, court sends notice to state govt
New Delhi: Terming the air quality in the national capital as poor and unsafe, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) urged the Delhi High Court to pass directions to postpone the Delhi Half Marathon.
Taking note of the present air pollution in the city and the urgency expressed by the IMA, a bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Sanjeev Sachdeva issued notice to the Delhi government, police, the pollution control panel DPCC and the organisers of the event and sought their reply by November 16, the next date of hearing.
The order came on a letter written by the IMA to Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking to postpone of the marathon, scheduled to be held on November 19.
The letter was moved in the main PIL initiated by the high court to address air pollution problems of Delhi and in which it has been issuing directions from time to time.
The high court had on November 9 issued a slew of directions to improve air quality of Delhi.
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