New Delhi, Nov. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Monday declined to impose sweeping pollution-control measures such as a year-round construction ban or curbs on vehicular movement in Delhi-NCR, observing that the Capital "cannot be brought to a standstill" in the name of fighting toxic air. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai said the court could not paralyse economic activity or deprive hundreds of thousands of migrant workers of their daily wages, even as air quality is expected to worsen in the coming days. "The solution proposed cannot be worse than the problem," the court remarked, adding that extreme ideas such as permanent construction bans or blanket mobility restrictions were never contemplated under existing law. "We have to also think of migrants... who are here to work and are daily wagers. The solution proposed can't be worse than the problem," said the CJI, responding to submissions by senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan. P6...