New Delhi:
GRAP-III recommendations have been re-imposed across Delhi and the National Capital Region following “very adverse meteorological conditions, including calm winds and very low mixing height”, the Air Quality Management Commission said on Monday afternoon.
Under GRAP-III, all schools in Delhi-NCR will have to switch to a hybrid mode of teaching for students up to Class V, and there will be restrictions on the entry of diesel-powered commercial vehicles.
Goods vehicles with engines under BS-IV certification will not be able to ply, except vehicles used for emergencies or to provide essential services, and goods carriers registered outside the national capital will not be able to enter the city until further notice if their engines are under the BS lies. -IV marking.
At 2.30 pm, the city's AQI stood at 366, which is at the higher end of the 'very poor' category. This is a sharp spike from seven days ago; on December 7, 233, who classified it as 'moderate'.
And three days before that, Delhi's AQI stood at 211.
The improvement in air quality meant that the Supreme Court on December 5 allowed the CAQM to relax the anti-pollution measures of GRAP-IV, the most stringent of a four-phase Graded Response Action Plan intended to address worsening air pollution in the National Capital Region to take. .
Last month, air quality in Delhi and surrounding areas was consistently in the 'severe' and 'very poor' categories, prompting annual health warnings from medical professionals and triggering a flurry of cases before the Supreme Court seeking directions to the government asked.