Delhi-NCR air quality deteriorates to very poor, GRAP-3 measures activated

The air quality in Delhi-NCR has deteriorated to the very poor category with an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 385 as of 7 AM this morning. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the AQI in some areas of the city has crossed the severe category mark at 400. The AQI at Delhi’s Anand Vihar Station was recorded at 480, Nehru Nagar at 448, Patparganj at 442, Punjabi Bagh at 423, Jahangirpuri at 419, Ashok Vihar at 414 and ITO at 402.

Amid the poor air quality, the Commission for Air Quality



Management has invoked stage three of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across the National Capital Region with immediate effect to prevent further deterioration of air quality.

The GRAP-3 entails a ban on non-essential construction work and Road construction activities. There will be also restrictions on the plying of BS -3 petrol and BS – 4 four-wheeler diesel vehicles in Delhi and in the districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar.