India’s Supreme Court has announced a number of measures to curb record air pollution levels in the capital, Delhi.
It has ordered a temporary ban on the sale of large diesel vehicles and stopped trucks more than 10 years old from entering the city.
Delhi is experiencing hazardous levels of pollution due to diesel emissions, construction dirt and the burning of crop stubble in farms around the city.
Air pollution causes more than 600,000 premature deaths in India each year.
India has 13 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported last year.
On Wednesday, the top court said that new diesel luxury cars and sports utility vehicles (SUVs) with engine capacity of more than 2000cc cannot be registered in Delhi between 1 January and 31 March 2016.
It is not clear whether the sale of these vehicles will resume after March 2016.
