India News | As AQI Improves, Authorities Lift Curbs Imposed in Delhi-NCR Under GRAP Stage II
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Pollution control authorities have revoked the curbs enforced in Delhi-NCR under stage two of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) with immediate effect because of the significant improvement in the air quality in the last few days, officials said Wednesday.
New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Pollution control authorities have revoked the curbs enforced in Delhi-NCR under stage two of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) with immediate effect because of the significant improvement in the air quality in the last few days, officials said Wednesday.
All actions as envisaged under Stage-I will continue and be implemented in right earnest by all the agencies concerned in the National Capital Region, they said.
Delhi's overall air quality has significantly improved from 291 on February 26 to 178 on March 1, according to the 4 pm AQI Bulletin provided by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
"Today at 4 pm, Delhi's overall AQI clocked 178 as per the CPCB bulletin; forecast by IMD/IITM indicate the overall AQI of Delhi to be in 'moderate' category in the coming days," the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said in a statement.
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In view of this trend of improvement in the overall AQI of Delhi-NCR, the GRAP Sub-Committee accordingly decided to roll back actions under stage two of GRAP ('Very Poor' AQI) in the entire NCR with immediate effect, the CAQM said.
Based on earlier decisions of the sub-committee for invoking actions under the GRAP order dated October 19, 2022, for invocation of actions under stage two, was revoked on February 1 this year.
Further, actions under stage two of GRAP were re-implemented on February 16 in view of the air quality forecasts by IITM/ IMD predicting the overall AQI of Delhi to deteriorate from February 17, it said.
According to the CPCB bulletin, the AQI in Delhi at 8 pm stood at 175.
The commission has advised people to keep the engines of their vehicles properly tuned; maintain proper air pressure in the tyres of vehicles; and keep PUC certificates of their vehicles up to date.
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