Delhi pollution: Supreme Court intervenes

Name: Delhi pollution: Supreme Court intervenes
Uploaded: 2015-12-16T16:57:38.000Z
Duration: 1 min 31 s
Description: Authorities in India are trying to tackle pollution levels, which are significantly higher than the World Health Organisation's recommended limit.

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India's Supreme Court has announced a number of measures to tackle 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.

Justin Rowlatt has been measuring pollution levels on a quieter-than-normal day.

Asia

16 December 2015