Air Pollution: Due to increasing pollution, an order has been issued to close all schools up to class 9 in Noida-Greater Noida.
Air Pollution: Due to increasing pollution, an order has been issued to close all schools up to class 9 in Noida-Greater Noida. In view of the increasing pollution, the district officer has given this order. Delhi’s AQI was recorded at 343 today.
Environment Minister held a meeting
Regarding this, Delhi’s Environment Minister Gopal Rai said, “We held a meeting with the Transport Commissioner, Traffic Police and Environment officials. We had to inform you what would be the rules for implementing odd-even, but in the meantime we spread the word about odd-even in the media. – Saw some comments of the Supreme Court regarding the Even Vehicle Scheme. Now we have decided that we will study the order of the Supreme Court. Whatever suggestions and orders come from the Supreme Court, we will include them. We will make a policy accordingly. We will present all the information before you after studying the order of the Supreme Court.”
GRAP 4 is applicable in Delhi NCR
Due to the continuous increase in the air quality index, the fourth phase of (GRAP 4) has been implemented in Delhi. Earlier, the Haryana government had asked district deputy commissioners in NCR to assess the situation in their districts and take a decision on closing schools. For the last few days, the air quality index in some districts including Gurugram has remained in the ‘severe’ category. The pollution level in Delhi-NCR on Monday morning was recorded to be about seven to eight times more than the safe limit set by the government. Toxic smog persisted over the area for the seventh consecutive day.
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What is GRAP?
GRAP means Graded Response Action Plan. It has four stages. The first stage of the trap is implemented when the air quality index is at ‘poor’ level. The second phase of GRAP is implemented if the air quality index is ‘very poor’. The third stage of GRAP is implemented when the AQI is ‘severe’ and the fourth stage of GRAP is implemented when the air quality index crosses 450.
These restrictions are in GRAP 4
Light commercial vehicles registered outside Delhi, except those carrying essential commodities/providing essential services, will not be allowed to enter Delhi.Except vehicles carrying essential commodities/providing essential services, Delhi A ban was imposed on the plying of diesel vehicles, medium and heavy goods vehicles registered in India. Apart from primary schools, the government can also decide to close schools above class 6.
These are the six standards of AQI
Air Quality Index (AQI) has six standards, if AQI is between 0-50 then it is ‘good’, between 51-100 is ‘satisfactory’, between 101 to 200 is ‘normal’, between 201 to 300 is ‘poor’. ‘, between 301 and 400 is considered ‘very bad’ and between 401 and 500 is considered ‘severe’.
