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New Delhi, October 15As stricter anti-air pollution measures kick off from Tuesday, a Supreme Court-mandated green panel has asserted that local sources of pollution in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are the primary reasons for poor air quality that plagues the Capital every winter. While Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has blamed stubble-burning in the neighbouring states for deterioration of air quality in the city, SAFAR, the ministry of earth science’s air quality and weather forecast service, has said the share of stubble-burning in the PM 2.5 concentration in Delhi has remained less than 10 per cent so far. The effect of stubble-burning ranged from 0 to 9 per cent between October 10 and 13, according to a SAFAR report released on Monday. “Delhi’s air quality index (259) is at the higher end of the poor category. Narain said stack and dust pollution as well as open burning of plastic and rubber scrap were a major cause for concern..