Summary:
"The tribunal would like to recommend/suggest the Ministry of Environment and Forests to look into and examine the effect of hookah in respect of indoor air pollution. It also noted submission of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee that there was no prescribed standard for indoor air pollution and breach of environment would come into play if any norm is violated. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests Thursday to examine the effect of hookah in respect of indoor air pollution and prescribe appropriate standards on the issue. Sirsa had earlier alleged that hookah bars were "ruining" the youth of Delhi by turning them into "drug addicts". Sirsa had contended that the ambient air quality standards in public places such as restaurants and bars were dangerously higher than the prescribed norms..