With Delhi’s air quality plummeting to “severe+” for the first time this season, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Sunday decided to invoke Stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), which will come into effect from 8 am on Monday.
“The AQI of Delhi was recorded at 441 (Severe) at 4:00 PM today and has been gradually increasing further and has already reached Severe+ category, as thc AQI clocked 447, 452 and 457 at 5:00 PM, 6:00 PM and 7:0O PM, respectively,” said CAQM, the Centre’s panel on Delhi-NCR air quality.
