All the cars affected by the diesel ban in Delhi & NCR

Earlier, the apex court had termed the rising pollution level in Delhi as “very serious” and advocated a “multi-pronged” approach to deal with the situation.

Pollution surcharge shall also be doubled in Delhi, it said.

The order is separate from an environmental court’s decision last week to halt the sale of new diesel-powered vehicles temporarily and comes as the Delhi state government prepares to restrict the number of cars on its roads next month on an experimental basis.

A 100 percent increase in ECC would mean that light commercial vehicles with two axles loaded with goods will pay Rs.1,400 and loaded commercial vehicles with three and four axles will pay Rs.2,600 to enter Delhi.

The court had also asked the state and central governments to come up with a solution to clean Delhi’s air.

Registration of SUVs and private cars of the capacity of 2000 cc and above using diesel as fuel shall stand banned in the NCR upto 31st March, 2016.

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If one goes through the imposed ban, there will not be new registration of Vehicles like Toyota’s Innova, Mitsubishi Pajero, Mahindra & Mahindra’s Scorpio, Tata Sumo, Tata Safari until 31st of March 2016.

Also, it ordered that NGT guidelines to be followed at construction sites be strictly enforced.

The Supreme Court’s rulings were widely welcomed by environmentalists, who said strong action was required as the city was choking with dense smog, caused by winter fog and dirty air.

The apex court will take its final call on Wednesday.

Moreover, the Delhi government also proposed important measures which include vaccum cleaning of streets, odd-even formula, shut coal-based power plants, late night entry of heavy-loading vehicles, fix unpaved footpaths and many among others.

While Delhi is ranked the world’s worst polluted city by the World Health Organisation, and experts have warned of how sick people can get from breathing its air, authorities have failed to arrest this environmental and heath crisis from worsening over the past decade.