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Delhi’s aerial prime worsened connected Friday and remained successful the ‘very poor’ category, prompting the Commission for Air Quality Management successful NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) to denote a prohibition connected operation and demolition activities crossed the National Capital Region, on with different exigency measures.
The contamination watchdog prohibited the plying of BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel four-wheelers successful Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, and Gautam Buddha Nagar. Schools volition displacement to hybrid mode (both online and schoolroom teaching) for up to Class 5 successful these districts. While the city’s wide aerial prime scale (AQI) stood astatine 354 successful the connected Friday evening, respective stations, including Anand Vihar, Vivek Vihar and Pusa, recorded ‘severe’ (401-450) levels.
The restrictions autumn nether Stage-III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). Measures nether Stages I and II volition continue. “Keeping successful presumption the prevailing inclination of aerial quality, and successful an effort to forestall further deterioration, the sub-committee has decided to invoke each actions nether Stage-III with contiguous effect crossed the NCR,” stated a CAQM release. The curbs volition instrumentality effect erstwhile State governments contented implementation orders.
Major PM2.5 reduction
Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said agencies person been directed to deploy mist spray systems connected each Public Works Department roads, particularly astatine 62 identified contamination hotspots.
Earlier, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta chaired a gathering and said a comprehensive, time-bound program is being developed, with Central government’s support, to tackle aerial pollution. Ms. Gupta said Delhi aims for a “substantial reduction” successful PM2.5 levels implicit the adjacent 4 years.
The CM outlined plans to grow the autobus fleet to 6,000 by December 2026, 7,500 by December 2027, 10,400 by March 2028, and 14,000 by March 2029.
