Non-essential construction work in Delhi-NCR banned as air quality worsens | Delhi News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: With the air quality in Delhi plummeting to the severe category on Sunday, the Centre’s air quality panel directed authorities to ban non-essential construction work in the national capital region (NCR) under stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).
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The national capital’s 24-hour average air quality index stood at 407 at 4pm on Sunday.
An AQI between 201 and 300 is considered ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.
The pollution level in Delhi entered the ‘severe’ category after November 4, when the AQI was 447.
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) had directed authorities on November 14 to revoke the curbs enforced in the Delhi-NCR under stage III of GRAP, including a ban on non-essential construction activities.
(With inputs from PTI)
Track the pollution level in your city
The national capital’s 24-hour average air quality index stood at 407 at 4pm on Sunday.
An AQI between 201 and 300 is considered ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.
The pollution level in Delhi entered the ‘severe’ category after November 4, when the AQI was 447.
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) had directed authorities on November 14 to revoke the curbs enforced in the Delhi-NCR under stage III of GRAP, including a ban on non-essential construction activities.
(With inputs from PTI)
