Explanation:

The Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) rapped the Haryana and Uttar Pradeshgovernments for the delay in setting up air quality monitoring stations in the two NCR states. The court told the states to speed up the process of setting up monitoring stations, asking them to ensure the entire network is strengthened ahead of next winter. NCR’s air quality monitoring network is all set to be strengthened further with 13 new stations coming up in Haryana, while UP will get 10 more. Currently, Haryana has just three monitoring stations — Gurgaon, Faridabad and Rohtak. UP meanwhile has just two functioning stations currently — Noida and Ghaziabad, both of which have been showing high readings and were regularly in the “severe” category of CPCB’s index during this winter.