CAQM invokes stage III GRAP curbs in view of spike in city’s AQI
According to the sub-committee of the CAQM, the AQI levels of the city exhibited a sharp increasing trend on Wednesday while the index value at 4 pm recorded at 365.
According to the sub-committee of the CAQM, the AQI levels of the city exhibited a sharp increasing trend on Wednesday while the index value at 4 pm recorded at 365.
Delhi’s winter air pollution crisis has been a perennial challenge, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) peaking at alarming levels year after year.
However, the commission has asked the concerned agencies to intensify actions under stages I and II of the GRAP to prevent the AQI levels from slipping further.
GRAP measures continue across the national capital.
As Sibal said air pollution was “getting out of control” and courts be allowed to function online, Chief Justice Khanna said, “We have told all judges here, wherever possible, to allow virtual (hearing).”
By posting pictures of polluted Yamuna on social media, the LG asked,” These pictures of the Yamuna River are from this morning. Who is responsible?”
Amid deteriorating air quality, the Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday wrote a letter to Transport Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan, urging a halt to the entry of diesel buses from their respective states into the national capital.
In the areas where the AQI is 'very poor' people might develop respiratory illness on prolonged exposure.
"The main reason for the rise in Delhi's air and water pollution is BJP's cheap politics," she contented.
Delhi's overall AQI clocked 278 on Saturday as per the 4PM AQI bulletin provided by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
