The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the states falling in the National Capital Region to constitute teams of officials from police and revenue departments to ensure strict enforcing of the measures under Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to combat and curb air-pollution in the national capital.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the air quality in India's capital, Delhi, has plummeted to hazardous levels, with the average Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 448 at 7 A.M. on Thursday.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) daily AQI bulletin, Delhi's index value on Tuesday at 4 pm was 433, based on the average of the past 24 hours.
In a bid to bolster the steps to particularly combat the generally adverse air quality scenario in winter months in Delhi-NCR, Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) for NCR and adjoining areas has revised its anti- pollution Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), an official statement said here on Saturday.
Delhi witnessed a slight improvement in its air quality on Saturday, with the average Air Quality Index (AQI) entering the 'moderate' category.
After having a little bit of relief, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the National Capital dipped again to 'Severe' category in several areas, as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
According to the CPCB, primary pollutants making the city air unhealthy remained at PM 2.5 micro particles.
Up until Sunday, Delhi's monthly average AQI of 377 was the highest for November in the previous eight years. In November 2021, it was 376, and in November 2016, it was 374
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data put the average Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital on Friday at 415, a jump of 25 points from yesterday.
As per the data from the CPCB recorded at 6:00 am on Thursday morning, the Air quality index at Anand Vihar was at 387 (very poor); At ITO, Delhi it was 343 (very poor) while the AQI at Wazirpur, Delhi, was 422 (severe), at RK Puram, it was 415 ( severe).
