Start Smog Tower Work Soon: Top Court Tells Centre After Deadline Lapses

Half a year since the Supreme Court ordered installation of a Smog Tower, aimed to help combat air pollution, "within three months" in Delhi's most polluted area - Anand Vihar - it pulled up the Central and state governments directing them to "start at the earliest".

During a hearing in January, the court had granted three months' time for installation of smog towers in the national capital's Connaught Place and Anand Vihar areas.

"Installing the smog tower, a structure designed as a large-scale air purifier, would take 10 months and the authorities would be unable to reduce this time limit," Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court on behalf of the government.