The Sindh High Court on Friday gave the provincial government, the city district government, the traffic police and the regional transport authority two months to curb the air and noise pollution. Additional Advocate-General Sarwar Khan and CDGK counsel Manzoor Ahmed submitted before a division bench comprising Justices Munib Ahmed Khan and Rana Mohammad Shamim that measures had been taken to improve the situation created by traffic congestion and defective vehicles, including rickshaws, but they would take time to yield results. The bench was hearing a petition moved by Advocate Qazi Ali Athar who said the pollution levels in Karachi had reached alarming levels with the increase in lead level. The Supreme Court first took notice of the health hazards caused by the rising pollution in 1996 and constituted a committee to work out a solution. Several orders had since been passed by the Supreme Court and the Sindh High Court but there was lack of will at the official level to take action. The public vehicles, for instance, must obtain a fitness certificate every month from the RTA