Retired Supreme Court judge Abhay S Oka has said pollution cannot be controlled unless every citizen accepts responsibility. Speaking amid severe air pollution in Delhi, he stressed that environmental protection cannot be left only to activists or courts. He linked the issue to constitutional duty and collective public action.

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•  Pollution control impossible without citizen participation
•  Responsibility wrongly limited to climate activists today
•  Environmental protection is a constitutional duty, not optional
•  75 years of Constitution, but civic duty still ignored
•  Collective mindset change needed for real impact
•  Delhi air quality slipped into ‘severe’ category
•  AQI crossed 400 in many areas, visibility sharply reduced
•  Over half of monitoring stations reported severe pollution
•  Activists and judges face criticism for pro-environment actions
•  Society should support, not attack, environmental defenders