Tag: AQI

Pollution Curbs Under GRAP-3 Revoked In Delhi As Air Quality Improves

December 27, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Pollution curbs under GRAP-3 have been revoked in Delhi and the National Capital Region after air quality improved in the area following continuous rain since Friday morning. “Owing to the favourable meteorological conditions and continuous rains since early morning, the AQI of Delhi has been continuously improving and has been recorded as 348…

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North India Shivers As Mercury Plummets, Heavy Rains To Lash Delhi, UP, And Other States

December 24, 2024 admin

North India Weather Update: North India is experiencing an intensifying cold wave. A cold wave is intensifying across North India, including Delhi-NCR, as temperatures dip following light rain in the plains and snowfall in the mountains. Delhi is grappling with a double threat of pollution and plummeting temperatures, while cold wave and fog conditions persist…

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Delhi Sees Highest ‘Good’ And ‘Moderate’ Air Quality Days Since 2018

December 15, 2024 admin

Delhi’s AQI touched the ‘severe plus’ category this season post-Diwali. New Delhi: Delhi recorded the highest number of ‘good’ to ‘moderate’ air quality days in 2024 since the past six years, data shared by monitoring agencies said. According to the data, a total of 207 days saw ‘good’ to ‘moderate’ air quality, with the Air…

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Delhi’s Air Pollution Situation Is Like A Bad Marriage

November 22, 2024 admin

We, the people of Delhi, are in a bad marriage with the city. This marriage is beyond redemption, but both parties dither in calling it quits. Because calling it quits brings not only pain but also an acknowledgement that we made a mistake. So, we carry on with the burden of our past mistakes on…

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GRAP IV Measures Take Effect At the End Of Day 2

November 19, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Pollution levels in Delhi-NCR, which had crossed the 500-mark on Monday and stayed there, has started dropping, indicating that the stringent GRAP 4 measures have started taking effect. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Arvind Nautiyal, Member-Secretary of the Commission for Air Quality Management, said the Air Quality Index or AQI — which…

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Delhi Air Remains Toxic, Trains Delayed, Schools In Nearby Cities Go Online

November 19, 2024 admin

Delhi government imposed Stage 4 of GRAP on Monday. New Delhi: A thick blanket of smog continued to grip Delhi and its adjoining areas on Tuesday morning, as the air quality nearly touched the 500 mark. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) data, Delhi’s overall Air Quality Index…

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Delhi air quality How GRAP-4 Anti-Pollution Curbs May Impact Major Projects In Delhi

November 18, 2024 admin

Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) was 481 at 6 am. New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality plunged to ‘severe plus’ for the first time this year on Sunday night, forcing the government to implement Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) – an anti-pollution plan. The GRAP-4 will come into effect at 8 am…

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AQI Worsens To “Severe-Plus”, School Go Online, Entry Of Trucks Banned

November 18, 2024 admin

Stage 4 of GRAP has been invoked in Delhi as AQI continued to worsen (File) New Delhi: A thick layer of smog – a toxic blend of smoke and fog – enveloped the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) this morning as the air quality index (AQI) plummeted to the “severe-plus” category, forcing authorities to announce stricter…

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Delhi-NCR Activates Stage 1 Of Anti-Pollution Plan GRAP-1: What It Means

October 15, 2024 admin

Anti-smog gun sprays water droplets to disperse suspended dust particles at a construction site in Delhi New Delhi: As Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘poor’ category for the second consecutive day, the Centre’s air pollution control panel for Delhi-NCR directed state governments in the region to implement the first stage of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)….

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