Taking a serious note of the severe air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court of India on Wednesday issued a slew of directions and asked the NHAI and the MCD to consider either temporarily closing or relocating the nine toll plazas at borders of the national capital, news agency PTI reported. The step has been proposed to ease usual massive traffic congestion.

Describing the pollution crisis as an "annual feature", the apex court called for pragmatic solutions to tackle the menace.