new delhi in an attempt to provide some relief to people gasping for breath in the capital the delhi government on saturday announced that all schools will be closed for a week all construction activities will be banned between november 1417 and all government offices will shift to work from home mode while private offices have been advised to shift to work from home moderead alsodeclare twoday lockdown if need be sc to centre on delhi air pollutionthe supreme court of india on saturday took a serious view of the severe pollution engulfing the ncr and delhi and said if needed declare twoday lockdown to bring the pollution caused by vehicles crackers industries and dust the steps are aimed at reducing the number of vehicles on the roads and minimizing the contribution of vehicular pollution to overall pollution the construction activities ban will help reduce dust pollutionthis is becoming a nightmare smog engulfs delhincr pollution board issues advisory while schools will be closed virtual classes will continue so that the students do not suffer any further learning loss as schools were closed for a long time due to the covid pandemic the students have already suffered learning lossafter an emergency meeting with ministers and top officers at delhi secretariat on saturday evening chief minister arvind kejriwal announced that delhi is not going under complete lockdown as of now but brief lockdown is under consideration and the government will prepare a proposal about itpeople perform yoga amid heavy smog at lodhi garden in new delhi on saturday photo anidelhi government will prepare a proposal on locking down the capital and will put up the proposal before the supreme court since it will be an extreme step so all agencies including those from the central govt will be consulted before a decision is taken the sc has suggested that the centre and the delhi government consider imposing a lockdown of two days if there is a need in the capital where the air quality has extremely deteriorated the sc made the observations while hearing a case in this mattera view of the supreme court of india shrouded in smog in new delhi on saturday photo ptidelhis air quality continues to remain in the severe category despite a slight improvement the particle pollutants after staying within air emergency category for a total 36 hours till saturday noon started to drop within severe levels thanks to wind speed and not any easing of local emissions did the city get a breather as visibility started to improve restrictions under air emergency in delhi are expected if the severe status continues for 48 hours the aqi at 10 am on saturday was 462 while by 3 pm it had improved to 437watch delhi schools will remain closed for a week due to severe air quality says cm arvind kejriwal