The Commission for Air Quality Management on Saturday added a few Stage 4 measures of the Graded Response Action Plan to the Stage 3 restrictions already in force in Delhi and the National Capital Region.

The revision was aimed at making the plan more stringent to prevent further deterioration of air quality in the region, the commission said in a social media post.

This came after the Supreme Court, during a hearing on Wednesday, directed the commission to take proactive steps in consultation with stakeholders to check rising pollution levels in Delhi-NCR.

The Graded Response Action Plan is a set of incremental anti-pollution measures that are triggered to prevent further worsening of air quality once it reaches a certain threshold in the Delhi-NCR region.

The Commission for Air Q

See Full Page