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New Delhi, November 19, 2025 — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that construction workers who lost their livelihoods due to the enforcement of GRAP-III in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan must receive subsistence allowance from their respective state governments. The direction came during a hearing on rising air pollution and the measures taken to control it.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai instructed the four states to strengthen preventive actions aimed at reducing pollution levels and to ensure that all reviews of these measures are conducted regularly. The court further ordered that all cases dealing with…