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"We have been laying down stern directives on environment pollution norms as per guidelines of the Supreme Court, the National Green Tribunal as well as the Central Pollution Control Board. They were later released after Credai gave bail assurances and promise of adherence to pollution norms. Be it the arrests for cracker bursting during Diwali, or imposition of fines for open burning of garbage, we have been enforcing the law," said Singh.According to the DM, people have not taken serious note of the problem whereas air pollution in Delhi-NCR has become an important issue. It had also said that reckless dumping of garbage or setting them on fire in the the open would be treated as "public nuisance" and lead to arrests.Incidentally, AQI has been ranging between "poor" (236) on Saturday to "severe" - between 380 and 400 - in the past few days. "To ensure strict enforcement of laws for dust mitigation at local levels and minimize local contribution of pollutants, action on prosecuting offenders is being taken," he added.Earlier this month, the administration had announced that any violation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, would lead to fines and imprisonment up to six months..