The Commission for Air Quality Management on Tuesday imposed Stage 1 restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan in Delhi and the adjoining National Capital Region after the air quality slipped into the “poor” category.
GRAP is a set of incremental anti-pollution measures that are triggered to prevent further worsening of air quality once it reaches a certain threshold in the Delhi-NCR region.
The first stage involves measures such as mechanical sweeping of roads and sprinkling water on them to keep dust from rising. It also bans some kinds of construction and demolition activities.
The Commission for Air Quality Management said that in its meeting on Tuesday it reviewed the air quality scenario in the region and observed that Delhi’s Air Quality Index had shown an increasing trend and was recorded at 208, which is in the “poor” category.
The statutory body noted that the AQI is likely to remain in the “poor” category in the coming days.
As of 6.05 pm on Tuesday, Delhi recorded an average AQI of 206, showed the Sameer application, which provides hourly updates published by the Central Pollution Control Board.
In Uttar Pradesh, while Noida recorded a “poor” AQI of 238 and Ghaziabad of 248, Greater Noida was in the “very poor” category at 304, the application showed.
In Haryana,...
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