The construction work, except the projects needed for national security, healthcare, and certain public infrastructure work, will be banned.
Delhi’s air quality index was in the Severe category breaching the 400 mark, while Gurugram, Noida and Ghaziabad were in the Poor category.
The court also inquired about the actions taken against officials who failed to fulfill their responsibilities.
Delhi imposed restrictions under GRAP 3 on all non-essential construction and movement of BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel vehicles in the Delhi-NCR region again.
PM2.5 which is the most damaging of all particles present in the air, clocked an hourly average of 200.8 at 7 am.
On Thursday morning, Delhi's air quality was recorded as severe. However, because of the possibility of somewhat improving weather, a minor improvement is anticipated shortly before Diwali.
The pollution tower was reportedly managed by a group of ten individuals, comprising engineers, operators, and assistants. But the team was removed half a year ago.
The city's average air quality index (AQI) stood at 238 at 10 am, worsening from 220 at 4pm on Tuesday.
As a part of the various measures that are being adopted by the Delhi government to combat pollution under GRAP-II stage, DMRC will run 40 additional...
On Sunday, the air pollution level slightly improved in Delhi and jumped back to very poor from the severe category.