CAQM revokes Stage III GRAP restrictions across Delhi-NCR as AQI improves
The Sub-Committee had invoked Stage III of GRAP on January 16, following a deterioration in Delhi’s average AQI. Subsequently, Delhi’s air quality showed a downward trend.
The Sub-Committee had invoked Stage III of GRAP on January 16, following a deterioration in Delhi’s average AQI. Subsequently, Delhi’s air quality showed a downward trend.
The meeting formed part of the regular annual review mechanism to assess progress and strengthen the implementation of identified measures.
However, this failed to buy peace with the Congress and environmentalists again, referring to the contentious new definition of the Aravallis based on a 100-metre elevation threshold and a Forest Survey of India (FSI) study, which Yadav says does not exist.
Local conservation initiatives, including activities such as documenting traditional knowledge and creating and updating People’s Biodiversity Registers (PBR), will be supported.
The initiative, aimed at raising environmental awareness, is a collaborative effort of the Environment Ministry, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
The Environment Ministry is working on a policy framework to regulate use of coal with high ash content by power plants as part of efforts to contain pollutants like carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide and suspended particulate matter (SPM).
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