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Delhi’s air quality plunged to the ‘severe’ category with an AQI of 428, prompting the CAQM to enforce Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). This led to a ban on construction, demolition, and certain vehicles, and classes up to grade 5 shifting to hybrid mode.
Description:
- What: Framework to control air pollution in Delhi-NCR through graded, pre-planned actions.
- Launched: 2017, under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, following Supreme Court directions (M.C. Mehta case).
- Implemented by: Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR and adjoining areas.
- Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
- Operational Body: Sub-committee under CAQM including members from CPCB, IMD, IITM, and State Pollution Control Boards.
- Trigger: Activated based on Air Quality Index (AQI) levels in Delhi-NCR.
- Purpose: To ensure timely, coordinated action among agencies to curb pollution peaks, especially during winter.
- CAQM’s Authority: Its directions override state government orders in case of conflict.
- AQI Categories:
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