NEW DELHI (PTI): Delhi’s air quality showed a marginal improvement on Tuesday, with the 24-hour average AQI settling in the “very poor” category, after staying above the 400 mark for three consecutive days, prompting authorities to withdraw the GRAP-4 curbs, while keeping other restrictions in place.
The city’s 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 378, according to official data.
By evening, 29 stations recorded “very poor” air quality, five “severe” and four “poor”, with Wazirpur recording the worst AQI at 414, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) Sameer app.
The Centre’s pollution watchdog on Tuesday revoked curbs under Stage-4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi-NCR as the capital’s air quality improved.
In an order, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said that actions under Stage-1, 2 and 3 of the revised GRAP will, however, remain in force.
“While GRAP Stage-4 is being revoked, keeping in view the winter season when weather conditions may not be always favourable and in order to ensure that the AQI levels do not slip further, citizens are requested to strictly adhere to the citizen charter under GRAP Stage-1, 2 & 3,” the order said.
