The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) Sub-Committee on the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) today invoked all actions under Stage-I of GRAP with immediate effect across the entire NCR.

The decision came after Delhi’s Air Quality Index was recorded 244 at 2 pm today, placing it in the ‘Poor’ category. The CAQM said that actions under Stage-1 of the extant GRAP shall be implemented, monitored and reviewed by all the agencies concerned in the entire NCR to ensure that the AQI levels do not slip further.

It said that all implementing agencies shall keep strict vigil and intensify measures of the extant GRAP schedule. The Commission has urged citizens to adhere to the citizen charter under GRAP Stage-1.