5 days Ago
Delhi woke up to an ‘severe’ category air quality on Tuesday, with the overall AQI at 421 at around 8 am, according to the central government's Sameer app, which provides hourly updates on the National Air Quality Index. The Air Quality Index (AQI) of other cities in the National Capital Region (NCR) was no better, with Greater Noida recording an AQI of 398, while Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram were 382, 380 and 356, respectively. Faridabad (258) had the best air quality in the region.
AQI at several monitoring stations in Delhi at 8 am Alipur: 454 Anand Vihar: 467 Ashok Vihar: 459 Aya Nagar: 355 Bawana: 467 Burari Crossing: 449 CRRI Mathura Road: 431 Delhi Technological University: 448 Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range: 402 Dwarka (Sector 8): 429 IHBAS (Dilshad Garden): 320 ITO: 436 Jahangirpuri: 468 JLN Stadium: 414 Lodhi Road: 312 Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium: 428 Mandir Marg: 415 Mundka: 436 NSIT Dwarka: 289 Najafgarh: 358 Narela: 446 Nehru Nagar: 463 North Campus (Delhi University): 437 Okhla (Phase 2): 435 Patparganj: 447 GRAP 4 curbs return In view of the worsening air quality, the Union government's Centre for Air Quality Management (CAQM) reimposed anti-pollution curbs under Stage 4 of its Graded Action Response Plan (GRAP), effective immediately, across NCR. At 9 pm on Monday, Delhi's AQI had reached 399, and crossed the 400 mark by 10 pm, prompting an emergency meeting of the CAQM, where officials decided to bring back restrictions under Stage 4 of GRAP.
On December 5, the Supreme Court allowed the CAQM to relax the Stage 4 curbs to Stage 2 in view of improvement in the AQI levels of NCR. GRAP 4 restrictions include a ban on all construction activities, ban on the entry of polluting trucks carrying non-essential goods into Delhi and mandatory shifting of school classes, except those for X and XII, to hybrid mode..
