The National Green Tribunal yesterday refused to exempt women and two-wheelers from the Delhi government's odd-even car rationing scheme and directed it to ensure that over 10-year-old diesel vehicles are taken off the roads without delay. The tribunal, which expressed concern over the high pollution level which was an "environmental and health emergency", said the city should "not gift infected lungs to its children."

Children wearing air pollution masks, hold replicas of black roses as they attend a demonstration to spread awareness about the problem of air pollution, on Children's Day in New Delhi yesterday. Pic/PTI