Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday said all the departments con𝄹cerned have been directed to ensure strict implementation of restrictions under GRAP Stage-I and Stage-II following a weather department prediction that pollution levels in the national capital might fluctua🔯te.
Addressing a press con🎶ference, Rai said, "Keeping the improved pollution levels in m🐽ind, GRAP-III restrictions have been removed. However, the weather department has predicted that the pollution level could fluctuate if the wind speed slows. To avoid such a situation, all the departments concerned have been directed to ensure strict implementation of GRAP-I and GRAP-II restrictions."
"The 🦹ban on BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel ve▨hicles have been removed and restrictions on construction and demolition lifted," Rai added.
The Centre on Tuesday ordered the revocation of🌄 restrictions under GRAP Stage-III in the entire NCR with immediate effect following an improvement in the air quality.
The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region an𓃲d Adjoining Areas (CAQM), a statutory body responsible for formulating strategies to combat pollution in the region, met on Tuesday in view of the signif🌜icant improvement in the overall air quality of Delhi-NCR.
Air quali𓆉ty forecasts by the India Meteorological Department/Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology do not indicate the average air quality of Delhi to move to the 'severe' category in the coming days for which the forecast is available, the CAQM had said.
-With PTI Input
