Delhi AQI Today: City reels under thick blanket of smog for third consecutive day, AQI still ‘severe’ in parts of Capital

In bid to tackle with the rising aerial pollution, Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has been imposed by the Commission for Air Quality Management successful Delhi-NCR and its adjoining areas (CAQM). As portion of GRAP Stage III, exigency effect measures specified arsenic discontinuing carnal classes for superior schoolhouse students successful full Delhi-NCR, and curbing operation person been enactment successful place.

The GRAP for Delhi-NCR is divided into 4 stages of aerial prime — Stage 1 for “poor” Air Quality Index (AQI) ranging betwixt 201 and 300, Stage 2 for “very poor” AQI of 301-400, Stage 3 for “severe” AQI of 401-450 and Stage 4 for “severe plus” AQI (more than 450).

As portion of the measures, the Delhi authorities has ordered online, alternatively of the regular ones, successful the Capital. All schools person been ordered to beryllium unopen connected Saturday arsenic well.

Apart from that, each highly dust-generating operation and demolition activities but for definite projects related to defence, Metro, railways, airdrome and healthcare facilities, are banned.

A prohibition connected moving BS III petrol and BS IV diesel-operated four-wheelers volition beryllium imposed successful Delhi and the districts of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar.

Inter-State buses from NCR states different than EVs/CNG/BS-VI diesel, cannot participate Delhi, barring those that person an All India Tourist Permit. Mining activities and chromatic crushers successful Delhi arsenic good arsenic NCR volition person to halt each activities.