Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The city’s air quality on December 22 deteriorated sharply after some days of respite, bringing into force stringent anti-pollution measures, including a restriction on construction and demolition activities.
The Centre for Air Quality Monitoring (CAQM) ordered that the ban, which excludes certain categories of projects, will be implemented across the National Capital Region (NCR) with “immediate effect”.
It also prohibited the plying of BS-III petrol vehicles and BS-IV diesel vehicles — those compliant only with Bharat Stage-III and Stage-IV emission norms — in Delhi and NCR districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, and Gautam Buddha Nagar.
The respective State Governments will issue orders to implement these restrictions, which are part of the list of actions under ‘Stage 3’ of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to tackle pollution.
