The National Green Tribunal yesterday directed the Delhi government to submit data of ambient air quality in the national capital and said it would consider its ban on construction and industrial activity in the National Capital Region (NCR) on that basis. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said that it would take up the matter today and till then its order would be in force.

Anti-pollution masks on the statues of Gandhiji and his followers at Gyarah Murti which were put by the rebel AAP MLA Kapil Misra and BJP MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa in a protest against smog and air-pollution, in New Delhi. Pic/PTI